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TRANSMUTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change in outward structure or looks

Example:

The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

Synonyms:

metamorphose; transform; transmute

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transmute" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transmute"):

aurify (transform into gold)

become; turn (undergo a change or development)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Alter the nature of (elements)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transmute" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

transmutation ((physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

Example:

transubstantiate one element into another

Synonyms:

transform; transmute; transubstantiate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transmute" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transmute"):

transubstantiate (change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ)

sorcerise; sorcerize (transform or change by means of sorcery)

stalinise; stalinize (transform in accordance with Stalin's policies)

destalinise; destalinize (counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism)

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

transmutation (an act that changes the form or character or substance of something)

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