metamorphosizev.
/ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˈmɔrfəˌsaɪz/ 1. transitive. To cause to undergo a change of form, nature, or character; to metamorphose (a person or thing).
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
1888 Dict. National Biogr. V. 1312/1 Dowsing's acquaintance with ‘Lating’..led him to metamorphosise Dr. Billingford into a maid recommending her daughter's soul to the Virgin Mary.
1928 Observer 29 Jan. 9/3 It may well be found that Unwin and his biographer between them have metamorphosised the study of economic history in this country.
1979 J. Halifax Shamanic Voices (1980) i. 16 The shaman's flight is..facilitated by song,..the very breath of the song metamorphosizing the wizard into sky being or soul-bird.
1991 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 4 Mar. The ad uses a new computer-generated technique—‘morphs’—in which images are metamorphosized in real time.
2. intransitive. To undergo a change of form, nature, or character; to metamorphose.
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
the world > space > shape > have (specific) shape [verb (intransitive)] > assume definite shape > new or different
schematize1650
re-form1827
transfigure1840
metamorphosize1967
1967 Ecology 48 587/1 Whether the tadpoles metamorphosized or died is unknown.
1969 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 15/1 It [sc. Shaw's As Far as Thought Can Reach] envisages the world in a.d. 30,000, when children of 17 are hatched from eggs to spend a few years on adolescent pursuits—love, mating, music, the dance—before metamorphosising into Ancients.
1976 R. Atkins Here in The 6 Water comes metamorphosizing.
1992 Esquire (BNC) Elfman had metamorphosized from popular hero to universal laughing-stock and he never fully recovered from the experience.
Derivatives
metaˈmorphosized adj.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transformed
transformed1413
transmutate?a1475
leavened1587
trans-shaped1602
Pythagoreana1667
transfigured1678
metamorphosed1730
transmuted1749
transmogrifiedc1832
transnatural1907
metamorphosized1948
born-again1977
1948 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 8 Suppl., 71 Inspection and enforcement of standards of amenity, safety, legality, and so forth,..by the metamorphosized Board of Trade and the Home Office (after 1825).
1972 Daily Tel. 17 May 12/6 The parable of metamorphosised man is beautifully photographed by Walter Lassally.
1989 C. Du Plessis in Style (Johannesburg) Dec. 153 Stark, easily recognisable Afrikaner symbols and metamorphosised metaphors..reflect..the ‘New’ Afrikaner writer's attitude towards his heritage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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