transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
transmuted
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past participleof transmute.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 transmute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
transmuteverb (used with or without object)to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
Example Sentences
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“Another Dimension” is his answer to the years of rejection, pain and incandescent ire, but transmuted into a vibrant, avant-garde, genre-defying gaping wound found within 11 tight tracks.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
In Saar’s world, items have always held their own energy, and in her hands that energy is transmuted into something wholly unique.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
In Heaney’s poetry the personal is always transmuted by a larger vision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Ultimately, with Cole’s coaching, DeCruz transmuted a blue flashlight into a standing figure that brims with personality and attitude.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Over the millennia, this god or gods transmuted into Wiraqocha, the Inka creator deity, whose worship was brutally suppressed by Spain.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
