Transmute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transmute	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Transmute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transmute v change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, metamorphose change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, transubstantiate alter the nature of (elements)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transmute \Transmute"\, 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.