transfigure
[trans-fig-yer or, esp. British, -fig-er]
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
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transfigure
verb (usually tr)
Word Origin for transfigure
C13: from Latin transfigūrāre, from trans- + figūra appearance
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transfigure
c.1300, from Old French transfigurer (12c.), from Latin transfigurare "change the shape of," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + figurare "to form, fashion," from figura "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Related: Transfigured; transfiguring.
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