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单词 retransfigure
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retransfigurev.

Brit. /ˌriːtransˈfɪɡə/, /ˌriːtrɑːnsˈfɪɡə/, U.S. /ˌritræn(t)sˈfɪɡjər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, transfigure v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + transfigure v.
rare.
transitive. To transfigure again or in a new way; to change into (also to) a new form.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > again
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1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids vi. 169 Cæneus now a woman, once a lad, Yet re-transfigur'd for her follies bad.
1660 J. Howell Θηρολογια x. 125 Queen Morphandra by my mediation is pleased to retransfigure you to human shape.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Heptalogia 49 Pass, O poet, retransfigured!
1904 Craftsman Jan. 366/2 Paris..has been so constantly adding to her attractions that it has been fairly re-transfigured since the days of the empire.
2003 German Q. 76 426 The dog is not an animal in a fairy tale waiting to be retransfigured into a human being and thereby saved from a beast's existence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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