metamorphose
verb /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz/
/ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they metamorphose | /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊz/ |
| he / she / it metamorphoses | /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzɪz/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzɪz/ |
| past simple metamorphosed | /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzd/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzd/ |
| past participle metamorphosed | /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzd/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzd/ |
| -ing form metamorphosing | /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊzɪŋ/ /ˌmetəˈmɔːrfəʊzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] metamorphose (from something) (into something) (biology) (of an insect or an amphibian, such as a frog) to change from its young form to its adult form in two or more separate stages; to experience metamorphosis
- The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
- [intransitive] metamorphose (from something) (into something) (formal) to change into something completely different, especially over a period of time synonym transform
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis, from metamorphoun ‘transform, change shape’.