transmute
verb /trænzˈmjuːt/
/trænzˈmjuːt/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transmute | /trænzˈmjuːt/ /trænzˈmjuːt/ |
| he / she / it transmutes | /trænzˈmjuːts/ /trænzˈmjuːts/ |
| past simple transmuted | /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ |
| past participle transmuted | /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form transmuting | /trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/ /trænzˈmjuːtɪŋ/ |
- transmute (something) (into something) to change, or make something change, into something different synonym transform
- It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.
- My initial feelings of anger have now transmuted into a sense of sorrow and frustration.
- Pain is the philosophic vitriol which transmutes mere mortal into immortal.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin transmutare, from trans- ‘across’ + mutare ‘to change’.