transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
transmuting
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present participleof transmute.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The idea of transmuting black rock into useful products was born out of similar energy-security anxieties a century ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“In this first half, it’s very much about exploring all the different sort of versions and avenues of yourself as you’re growing and changing and transmuting into something else,” she says.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
It’s not really a story, per se, which threw me when I first started thinking of transmuting it over to the modern era.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
She saps the event's power to define her, transmuting pain into affecting prose.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2021
For the alchemists, including Boyle and Newton, the fundamental enterprise was one of transmuting one substance into another.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
