metamorphose

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met⋅a⋅mor⋅phose

[met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs]

verb, -phosed, -phos⋅ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to change the form or nature of; transform.

2.	to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.

Origin:
1570–80; back formation from metamorphosis

Synonyms:
1, 3. mutate, transmute.

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met·a·mor·phose (mět'ə-môr'fōz', -fōs')

v. met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es

v. tr.

To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London).
To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.

v. intr.
To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism. See Synonyms at convert.

[French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis; see metamorphosis.]

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Metamorphose

Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Metamorphosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Metamorphosing.] [Cf. F. m['e]tamorphoser.] To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.

And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden.

Metamorphose

Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]tamorphose. See Metamorphosis.] Same as Metamorphosis.

Main Entry: meta·mor·phose
Pronunciation: -"fOz, -"fOs
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -phosed; -phos·ing
: to undergo metamorphosis

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