metamorphose
verb (used with object)
to change the form or nature of; transform.
metamorphosed
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past participleof metamorphose.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof metamorphose.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
metamorphoseverb (used with object)to change the form or nature of; transform.
Example Sentences
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By 2024, the Times would later admit, his enemies had metamorphosed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The musicians metamorphosed into their final form: Adopting the name Black Sabbath, after a low-budget Boris Karloff film of the same name, they started writing lyrics that dabbled in death, black magic and mental illness.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
And this man once seen as a performative figure — a political sideshow — has metamorphosed into a towering and singular figure in America whose significance goes far beyond politics.
From Salon ● May 18, 2025
"These metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that have melted and produced granites that concentrate uranium and thorium are like black box flight recorders that record pressure and temperature," Smye said.
From Science Daily ● May 8, 2024
In his daydreams, pebbles metamorphosed into sparkling rubies; chickens became peacocks; Stephanie Milligans dissolved into Greta Garbos.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
