transfigure
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yər verb (used with object), trans·fig·ured, trans·fig·ur·ing.
1.
to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
2.
to change so as to glorify or exalt.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to change or cause to change in appearance |
| 2. | to become or cause to become more exalted |
| [C13: from Latin transfigūrāre, from | |
| trans'figurement | |
| —n | |
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Transfigure
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
transfigure
c.1300, from O.Fr. transfigurer (12c.), from L. transfigurare "change the shape of," from trans- "across" + figurare "to form, fashion," from figura "form, shape" (see figure). Transfiguration (late 14c.) originally was "the change in appearance of Christ before his disciples"
(Matt. xvii:2; Mark ix:2,3). The non-Christian sense is first recorded 1540s.
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Example sentences
Mainly an event which hardly anyone noticed at the time: the first, tentative sprouting of an idea which can transfigure humanity.
Spiritual vision is needed to transfigure labor and suffering.
Such bursts of mystical weirdness transfigure what might otherwise be a drifty, if beautifully written, coming-of-age story.
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