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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

They have transmuted the material conditions of life.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

We possess knowledge and we find wisdom, when we have transmuted that knowledge into its interior meaning.

From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

It becomes only the more marvellous that the fine flower of his genius could have transmuted the juices of such a soil into the purity and sweetness which are its own peculiar properties.

From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell

Dryden would have transmuted such a legend into noble verse; painters might find great pictures in it—but, to the faithful, it is more.

From Willing to Die by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan