transfigure
verb (used with object)
to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
transfigured
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past participleof transfigure.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 transfigure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transfigureverb (used with object)to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
Example Sentences
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In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
His inauguration was a ritual of devotion, an arena where the less powerful — which means practically everybody — was transfigured by his presence.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2025
Migrating from music to acting, a handful of talents such as Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Dwight Yoakam have transfigured their medium from melody to melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024
The following year, he changed his own name to Akhenaten, meaning “the transfigured spirit of the solar orb,” and moved himself and his entire family to the new city.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
No: her face was transfigured now, her whole being was made new by the power of her salvation.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
