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English Dictionary: Metamorphose by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metamorphose
v
  1. change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
    Synonym(s): metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify
  2. change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
    Synonym(s): transform, transmute, metamorphose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Metamorphosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Metamorphosing}.] [Cf. F.
      m[82]tamorphoser.]
      To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
  
               And earth was metamorphosed into man.      --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Metamorphose \Met`a*mor"phose\, n. [Cf. F. m[82]tamorphose. See
      {Metamorphosis}.]
      Same as {Metamorphosis}.
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