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/tɹænzˈmjuːt/ · verb
(ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another..
The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.
Did the base metals transmute to gold?
But others declare that no Creature can be made or tranſmuted into a better or vvorſe, or transformed into another ſpecies or ſimilitude, by man, or devill. […] Martinus [i.e., Martin] Delrio the Jeſuit accounts this degeneration of Man into a Beaſt to be an illuſion, deceptive and repugnant to Nature; for, the ſoule of man cannot informe a beaſts body, […]
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.
There is silence, then the sound of weeping, which escalates to heart-rending, gasping sobs. A man, the source of the lamentation, appears and as he walks across the stage, his cries transmute into song, and the slow snare drum rat-a-tat-tat of Ravel’s composition begins.
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.
Use transmute when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Transmute means (ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another..
Common synonyms include transform, transmogrify, alchemise, convert.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.
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