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trans⋅mute

  [trans-myoot, tranz-]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -mut⋅ed, -mut⋅ing.
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L trānsmūtāre to shift, equiv. to trāns- trans- + mūtāre to change.

Related forms:
trans⋅mut⋅a⋅ble, adjective
trans⋅mut⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, trans⋅mut⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
trans⋅mut⋅a⋅bly, adverb
trans⋅mut⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
metamorphose, convert, alter.
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trans·mute   (trāns-myōōt', trānz-)   
v.   trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing, trans·mutes

v.   tr.
To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold. See Synonyms at convert.
v.   intr.
To undergo transmutation.

[Middle English transmuten, from Latin trānsmūtāre : trāns-, trans- + mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
trans·mut'a·bil'i·ty n., trans·mut'a·ble adj., trans·mut'a·bly adv., trans·mut'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Transmute

Trans*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable, and cf. Transmew.] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.

The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.

Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. --H. Smith.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: trans·mute
Pronunciation: tranz-'myüt, trans-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: trans·muted; trans·mut·ing
: to convert or transform the type of ownership of (property) by transmutation transmute the properties themselves into marital assets —In re Siddens, 588 North Eastern Reporter, Second Series 321 (1992)>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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