transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
transmutable
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a word derived from
transmute.
Example Sentences
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But over the years I came to find myself more and more taken by the rarity of Murphy’s transmutable talent as he tackled everything from horror movies to comic-book fare to war pictures.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
The facility, which cost more than US$5 million to build and occupies the third floor of an office building, is endlessly transmutable.
From Nature ● Sep. 13, 2016
Time was when the worthless canvases of West and Morland were equally transmutable into gold.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 by Various
Alimentary matter, therefore, must be similar to animal substance, or transmutable into such.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Light, heat, chemical affinity, etc., are supposed to be mutually convertible and transmutable; and, according to the present hypothesis, Will must also be included in this series!
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington
