transfigure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transfigure	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transfigure v elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Synonym(s): transfigure, glorify, spiritualize 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.] 1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform. 2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to. [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. --Matt. xvii. 2.