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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.
Definition 2024
Metamorphose
metamorphose
metamorphose
English
Verb
metamorphose (third-person singular simple present metamorphoses, present participle metamorphosing, simple past and past participle metamorphosed)
- (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis
- to transform (something) into a completely different appearance
Synonyms
Translations
to undergo metamorphosis
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to transform (something) into a completely different appearance
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Related terms
Portuguese
Noun
metamorphose f (plural metamorphoses)
- Obsolete spelling of metamorfose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).