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transfigure

[ trans-fig-yer or, especially British, -fig-er ]
/ trænsˈfɪg yər or, especially British, -ˈfɪg ər /
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verb (used with object), trans·fig·ured, trans·fig·ur·ing.

to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
to change so as to glorify or exalt.

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Origin of transfigure

1250–1300; Middle English transfiguren<Latin trānsfigūrāre to change in shape. See trans-, figure

OTHER WORDS FROM transfigure

trans·fig·ure·ment, nounun·trans·fig·ured, adjective

Words nearby transfigure

transferral, transferrin, transfer RNA, transfer station, transfiguration, transfigure, transfinite, transfinite number, transfix, transfixion, transfixion suture
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Words related to transfigure

transmute, interchange, modify, make, transpose, transform, metamorphose, remodel, turn, switch, commute, reorganize, transmogrify, transubstantiate, download, apply, appropriate, translate, alter, revise

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British Dictionary definitions for transfigure

transfigure
/ (trænsˈfɪɡə) /

verb (usually tr)

to change or cause to change in appearance
to become or cause to become more exalted

Derived forms of transfigure

transfigurement, noun

Word Origin for transfigure

C13: from Latin transfigūrāre, from trans- + figūra appearance
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