transmute
[ trans-myoot, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmyut, trænz- /
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verb (used with or without object), trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing.
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
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Origin of transmute
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin trānsmūtāre to shift, equivalent to trāns-trans- + mūtāre to change.
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How to use transmute in a sentence
It’s a cauldron of extremes, a turbulent soup of transmuting matter, where particles and forces often ignored in our everyday world become critical.
In her world, insight into nature starts on the scale of miniature and is transmuted to the monumental.
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British Dictionary definitions for transmute
transmute
/ (trænzˈmjuːt) /
verb (tr)
to change the form, character, or substance of
to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy
Derived forms of transmute
transmutability, nountransmutable, adjectivetransmutably, adverbtransmuter, nounWord Origin for transmute
C15: via Old French from Latin transmūtāre to shift, from trans- + mūtāre to change
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