met·a·mor·phose 
(mĕt′ə-môrfōz′, -fōs′)
(mĕt′ə-môrfōz′, -fōs′)v. met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es
v.tr.
1. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London). See Synonyms at convert.
2. To cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.
v.intr.
1. To be changed or transformed: "the man whom he would be if he could become, metamorphose into, the lover, the husband" (William Faulkner).
2. To undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.
[French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis; see METAMORPHOSIS.]