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Metamorphose

Metˊa-mor′phose

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Metamorphosed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Metamorphosing
.]
[Cf. F.
métamorphoser
.]
To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
And earth was
metamorphosed
into man.
Dryden.

Metˊa-mor′phose

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
métamorphose
. See
Metamorphosis
.]
Same as
Metamorphosis
.

Definition 2024


Metamorphose

Metamorphose

German

Noun

Metamorphose f (genitive Metamorphose, plural Metamorphosen)

  1. metamorphosis

metamorphose

metamorphose

English

Verb

metamorphose (third-person singular simple present metamorphoses, present participle metamorphosing, simple past and past participle metamorphosed)

  1. (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis
  2. to transform (something) into a completely different appearance

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Portuguese

Noun

metamorphose f (plural metamorphoses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of metamorfose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).