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transmogrify

[ trans-mog-ruh-fahy, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɒg rəˌfaɪ, trænz- /
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verb (used with object), trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing.

to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.

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Origin of transmogrify

1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with trans-, -ify

OTHER WORDS FROM transmogrify

trans·mog·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby transmogrify

transmittal, transmittance, transmittancy, transmitter, transmittivity, transmogrify, transmontane, transmundane, transmural, transmutation, transmute
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Words related to transmogrify

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

British Dictionary definitions for transmogrify

transmogrify
/ (trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) jocular to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one

Derived forms of transmogrify

transmogrification, noun

Word Origin for transmogrify

C17: of unknown origin
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