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Webster 1913 Edition

Transmute

Trans-mute′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transmuted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Transmuting
.]
[L.
transmutare
,
transmutatum
;
trans
across +
mutare
to change. See
Mutable
, and cf.
Transmew
.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends
transmute
us into idols.
Buckminster.
Transmuting
sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy.
H. Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transmute

TRANSMU'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. transmuto; trans and muto, to change.]
To change from one nature or substance into another. Water may be transmuted into ice, and ice into water; the juices of plants are transmuted into solid substances; but human skill has not been able to transmute lead or copper into gold.
A holy conscience sublimates every thing; it transmutes the common affairs of life into acts of solemn worship to God.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends, transmute us into idols.

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