transmute
verb (used with or without object)
to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.
were transmuting
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past progressiveof transmute.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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She was ever receiving with gratitude the blessings that clustered about her lot, and, as it were, transmuting all common things into pleasures, by seeking out a brightness in them.
From The Wedding Guest by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
