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TRANSUBSTANTIATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

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 "transubstantiate" is one way to...):

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

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

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:

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

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

transform; transmute; transubstantiate (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature)

Domain category:

Christian religion; Christianity (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

transubstantiation (the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist)

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