metamorphose
[met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs]
verb (used with object), met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing.
to change the form or nature of; transform.
to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.
verb (used without object), met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing.
to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.
Origin of metamorphose
First recorded in 1570–80; back formation from metamorphosis
Synonyms for metamorphose
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Related Words for metamorphosed
mutate, transmute, develop, transubstantiate, remodel, age, vary, ripen, diverge, commute, transmogrify, mature, transfigure, translate, alter, change, reshape, remakeExamples from the Web for metamorphosed
Historical Examples of metamorphosed
A figure from the pages of Ovid, metamorphosed to a gunner of Santa Anna!
The StrollersFrederic S. Isham
How came Racah the priest to be metamorphosed into Racah the pianist?
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Was I the only Marl who metamorphosed into this state of rational entity?
Cogito, Ergo SumJohn Foster West
In this metamorphosed state they were the more able to accomplish their designs.
Welsh Folk-LoreElias Owen
Such were the adventures of Timothy, who was metamorphosed into a precise Quaker.
Japhet in Search of a FatherFrederick Marryat
metamorphose
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