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transmute
[ trans-myoot, tranz- ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
Synonyms: alter, convert, metamorphose
transmute
/ trænzˈmjuːt /
verb
- to change the form, character, or substance of
- to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy
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Derived Forms
- transˈmuter, noun
- transˈmutably, adverb
- transˈmutable, adjective
- transˌmutaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- trans·muta·ble adjective
- trans·muta·bili·ty trans·muta·ble·ness noun
- trans·muta·bly adverb
- trans·muter noun
- untrans·muta·bili·ty noun
- untrans·muta·ble adjective
- untrans·muta·ble·ness noun
- untrans·muta·bly adverb
- untrans·muted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transmute1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transmute1
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Example Sentences
Some thought if they discovered that recipe, they would be able to copy it and transmute any cell into an egg.
In this vision, the mill would transmute into something wholly different, just as uranium itself does, in a process that is the exact opposite of decay.
Comedy, when done well, has the power to transmute our personal and collective pain.
It’s a cauldron of extremes, a turbulent soup of transmuting matter, where particles and forces often ignored in our everyday world become critical.
In her world, insight into nature starts on the scale of miniature and is transmuted to the monumental.
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