transfigure
verb (used with object)
to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
had transfigured
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past perfectof transfigure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The debate itself between Clinton and Bernie Sanders was being held minutes away on campus, and somehow the notion of watching politicians discuss debt and health care had transfigured itself into must-see entertainment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
Expression chased expression over that smiling landscape—astonishment, perplexity, anxiety, the gleam of a new-born idea, hesitation, and at last a glow of unselfish kindliness which often before had transfigured it.
From The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Or was it that love had transfigured him?
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
My partner was radiant with joy; the fast moving of her feet, the excitement of her mind, the exaltation of triumph, the halo of wit had transfigured this woman; she positively appeared handsome!
From The Cross of Berny by Florence Fendall
He knew not what was happening to him, and he only raised his eyes to the skies and was motionless; you would say that love had transfigured him.
From Sielanka: An Idyll by Thomas H. Bullick
