transfigure[verb]Synonyms: transform, change, commute, convert, metamorphose, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate
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trans‧fig‧ure /trænsˈfɪɡə $ -ɡjər/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: transfigurare, from figurare 'to shape']
literary to change the way someone or something looks, especially so that they become more beautiful:
Her face was transfigured with joy.—transfiguration /trænsˌfɪɡəˈreɪʃ
ən $ -ɡjə-/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲