Synonyms

transmute

American

[trans-myoot, tranz-] / trænsˈmyut, trænz- /

verb (used with or without object)

transmuted, transmuting

to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.

Synonyms:

alter, convert, metamorphose

transmute British

/ trænzˈmjuːt /

verb

to change the form, character, or substance of
to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy

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Other Word Forms

transmutability noun
transmutable adjective
transmutableness noun
transmutably adverb
transmuter noun
untransmutability noun
untransmutable adjective
untransmutableness noun
untransmutably adverb
untransmuted adjective

Etymology

Origin of transmute

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin trānsmūtāre to shift, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mūtāre to change.

Example Sentences

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Astrologers consult a national zodiac, palm readers ring pagodas, would-be alchemists attempt to transmute mercury into gold and SIM card companies advertise dial-a-diviners.

From Barron's

In Heaney’s poetry the personal is always transmuted by a larger vision.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What causes something to be insulating, conducting or magnetic? Can we transmute something into a different state?"

From Science Daily

According to Israel's Basic Law, the president "has the power to pardon criminals and reduce or transmute their sentence".

From BBC

Her feelings of kinship with precipitation are transmuted into a delightfully conceived scene in which little versions of Amélie appear inside every falling raindrop.

From Los Angeles Times

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