Transmute

Quick meaning: Transmute is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.

Example Sentences

Did the base metals transmute to gold?

The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.

Etzler was a follower of the wonkish French utopian Charles Fourier, who promised that the scientific reinvention of nature would transmute the saltwater into lemonade.

Mary is sister to the marginalized women who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations. It does her no honor to rip her out of her conflictual, dangerous historical circumstances and transmute her into an icon of a peaceful, middle-class life robed in royal blue.

Word Forms

• transmutes
• transmuting
• transmuted

Synonyms for transmute

Depending on context, synonyms include transform, transmogrify, alchemise, convert, develop, draw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transform, convert, transfigure, transchange, transmutate, translate.

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