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(nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose..
"Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."
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Metamorphosize means (nonstandard) To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."
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