metamorphose
verb (used with object)
to change the form or nature of; transform.
were metamorphosing
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past progressiveof metamorphose.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Young from the eggs laid in the first week of August were metamorphosing during the last week of August.
From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Henry S. Fitch
