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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, transform, transformation
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Words related to transfigure

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

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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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