metamorphizev.

Brit.

/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfaɪz/

Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– metamorphize, 1500s–1700s 1800s– metamorphise.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphosis n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < metamorph- (in metamorphosis n.) + -ize suffix.

1. transitive. To change the form or character of (something); to cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give another shape to

forshapeOE

transfigurea1340

transformc1340

transfigurate?a1475

turkess1530

turkish1560

turken1575

metamorphose1576

metamorphize1587

reform1634

deform1702

reshape1794

transmould1855

metamorphosize1888

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]

wendOE

forshapeOE

workOE

awendOE

makec1175

turna1200

forwenda1325

change1340

shape1362

transmewc1374

transposec1380

puta1382

convertc1384

exchangea1400

remue?a1400

makea1425

reduce?a1425

removec1425

resolvea1450

transvertc1450

overchangec1480

mew1512

transmutea1513

wring1524

reduct1548

transform1556

innovate1561

metamorphose1576

transume1579

metamorphize1587

transmove1590

transchangea1599

transfashion1601

deflect1613

fordo1624

entail1628

transmutate1632

distila1637

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637

transqualify1652

unconvert1654

simulate1658

spend1668

transverse1687

hocus-pocus1774

mutate1796

fancy1801

to change around1871

metamorphosize1888

catalyse1944

morph1996

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > be transformed into

to put on1526

metamorphose1576

metamorphize1587

endenize1610

convert1934

1587 F. Clement Petie Schole sig. Ciiij^v Common playes which..metamorphize, transfigure, deforme, peruert and alter the harts of their haunters.

1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. E2 Messelina..was worthy..to haue bene metamorphized into Ajax.

1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iii. ii. sig. E3^v I am now Metamorphis'd.

1747 J. Spence Polymetis xix. 305 Here they [sc. sighs] are realized, or rather metamorphized into bellows.

1800 J. Murdock (title) The beau metamorphized.

1883 Catholic World Oct. 130 The old barracks have been metamorphized by a mansard roof, and a broad piazza running the whole length of the front of the building.

1893 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 193/2 Sandstones, however, may in the long course of ages become so changed (or metamorphized, as the lithologists say).

1943 W. Stevens Let. 29 Mar. (1967) 444 It would not help to change them to something else, any more than it would help to metamorphize this, that or the other (clouds into foam, living blossoms to blossoms without life, heat to a form of heat).

1991 Sci. Amer. May 29/2 A special magic available in two dimensions allows us to metamorphize anyons into bosons or fermions—or vice versa—by imaginative manipulations of fantasy magnetic fields.

2. intransitive. = metamorphose v. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)]

wortheOE

awendOE

golOE

turnc1275

changec1300

runc1384

to run into ——c1384

fare1398

writhea1400

transmewc1400

returnc1475

transume1480

convert1549

transform1597

remove1655

transeate1657

transmute1675

make1895

metamorphose1904

shapeshift1927

metamorphize1943

metamorphosize1967

morph1992

1943 Jrnl. Philos. 40 438 The élite appears to have metamorphized into the class of persons who are ‘high in the social scale’.

1966 Jrnl. Politics 28 168 Southern traditionalism is the chrysallis [sic] out of which Tennessee politics is metamorphising into—what?

1996 Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 19 Dec. A study of a wedding party that metamorphizes into a morgue of morbid Holocaust memories.

Derivatives

metaˈmorphized adj. now rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > changed in form

metamorphized1595

metamorphosed1596

the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > again or anew > into different form

transformed1413

metamorphized1595

metamorphosed1596

transfigured1678

metamorphic1816

1595 J. Trussell Raptus I. Helenae sig. B2^v The metamorphisde childe of Inachus, transformde by loue through Iunos ielousie.

1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 96 They are not men of reason..but metamorphised wolues, dogs, and tygres.

1678 E. Howard Man of Newmarket iv. i. 55 The Hare I hunted last was a metamorphis'd Witch.

1883 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 174 376 We may as well start fairly, looking upon the subjects of the present paper as greatly specialised, but not metamorphised.

1990 Renaissance Q. 43 160 The humanist tradition lived on in a powerful, though ‘metamorphized’ style in the Reformation.

† metamorphizing n. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape

metamorphosis1447

transformation?a1475

metamorphosy1532

transfiguration1548

transforming1580

metamorphose1608

metamorphosing1608

metamorphizing1609

transformance1611

transmogrification1661

transfigurement1865

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form > by supernatural means

alchemy1580

metamorphosing1608

metamorphizing1609

1609 J. Rawlinson Fishermen 8 The metamorphising of men into fishes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metamorphize
释义	metamorphizev. Brit. /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrˌfaɪz/ Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– metamorphize, 1500s–1700s 1800s– metamorphise. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metamorphosis n., -ize suffix. Etymology: < metamorph- (in metamorphosis n.) + -ize suffix. 1. transitive. To change the form or character of (something); to cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give another shape to forshapeOE transfigurea1340 transformc1340 transfigurate?a1475 turkess1530 turkish1560 turken1575 metamorphose1576 metamorphize1587 reform1634 deform1702 reshape1794 transmould1855 metamorphosize1888 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > be transformed into to put on1526 metamorphose1576 metamorphize1587 endenize1610 convert1934 1587 F. Clement Petie Schole sig. Ciiij^v Common playes which..metamorphize, transfigure, deforme, peruert and alter the harts of their haunters. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. E2 Messelina..was worthy..to haue bene metamorphized into Ajax. 1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iii. ii. sig. E3^v I am now Metamorphis'd. 1747 J. Spence Polymetis xix. 305 Here they [sc. sighs] are realized, or rather metamorphized into bellows. 1800 J. Murdock (title) The beau metamorphized. 1883 Catholic World Oct. 130 The old barracks have been metamorphized by a mansard roof, and a broad piazza running the whole length of the front of the building. 1893 Manufacturer & Builder Aug. 193/2 Sandstones, however, may in the long course of ages become so changed (or metamorphized, as the lithologists say). 1943 W. Stevens Let. 29 Mar. (1967) 444 It would not help to change them to something else, any more than it would help to metamorphize this, that or the other (clouds into foam, living blossoms to blossoms without life, heat to a form of heat). 1991 Sci. Amer. May 29/2 A special magic available in two dimensions allows us to metamorphize anyons into bosons or fermions—or vice versa—by imaginative manipulations of fantasy magnetic fields. 2. intransitive. = metamorphose v. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)] wortheOE awendOE golOE turnc1275 changec1300 runc1384 to run into ——c1384 fare1398 writhea1400 transmewc1400 returnc1475 transume1480 convert1549 transform1597 remove1655 transeate1657 transmute1675 make1895 metamorphose1904 shapeshift1927 metamorphize1943 metamorphosize1967 morph1992 1943 Jrnl. Philos. 40 438 The élite appears to have metamorphized into the class of persons who are ‘high in the social scale’. 1966 Jrnl. Politics 28 168 Southern traditionalism is the chrysallis [sic] out of which Tennessee politics is metamorphising into—what? 1996 Jerusalem Post (Electronic ed.) 19 Dec. A study of a wedding party that metamorphizes into a morgue of morbid Holocaust memories. Derivatives metaˈmorphized adj. now rare ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > changed in form metamorphized1595 metamorphosed1596 the world > space > shape > [adjective] > shaped > again or anew > into different form transformed1413 metamorphized1595 metamorphosed1596 transfigured1678 metamorphic1816 1595 J. Trussell Raptus I. Helenae sig. B2^v The metamorphisde childe of Inachus, transformde by loue through Iunos ielousie. 1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 96 They are not men of reason..but metamorphised wolues, dogs, and tygres. 1678 E. Howard Man of Newmarket iv. i. 55 The Hare I hunted last was a metamorphis'd Witch. 1883 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 174 376 We may as well start fairly, looking upon the subjects of the present paper as greatly specialised, but not metamorphised. 1990 Renaissance Q. 43 160 The humanist tradition lived on in a powerful, though ‘metamorphized’ style in the Reformation. † metamorphizing n. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping > action or fact of changing shape metamorphosis1447 transformation?a1475 metamorphosy1532 transfiguration1548 transforming1580 metamorphose1608 metamorphosing1608 metamorphizing1609 transformance1611 transmogrification1661 transfigurement1865 the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form > by supernatural means alchemy1580 metamorphosing1608 metamorphizing1609 1609 J. Rawlinson Fishermen 8 The metamorphising of men into fishes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1587
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