transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
have transmuted
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present perfectof transmute.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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Their chemistry might have transmuted, but the legacy of the alchemical philosophers is still being unrolled.
From Nature ● Apr. 28, 2020
Alchemy is a great thing;--without its aid I could never have transmuted brother Martin's leaden silence into such golden loquacity.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The cotton that the alchemy of genius, or even of business tact—might have transmuted into gold, rotted useless; or worse, as a bait for the raider.
From Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. DeLeon
One does not see how a system of undulations could have transmuted the physical facts in this way.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
In searching for the elixir of life, the makers of religion have discovered the philosopher's stone, and with its aid have transmuted the base materials of myth into the gold of religion.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by G. Elliot Smith
