transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
has transmuted
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present perfectof transmute (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Book after book, the famous alchemist Paulo Coelho has transmuted leaden cliches into publishing gold.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2020
The gender dysphoria she felt before her transition has transmuted into “a real, chronic paranoia”.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2020
Unwilling to share his workplace humiliation, he has told her that his injury came when his car was rear-ended; he too has transmuted his rage into self-loathing.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
Leap second critics say this once reasonable, even elegant, hack has transmuted into an expensive problem at best, and quite possibly a ticking time bomb.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2015
Common sense," he continues, "takes good care not to assail violently those beliefs which tradition has transmuted into principles.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Mme. Blanchard Yoritomo-Tashi
