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Webster 1913 Edition
Transmute
Trans-mute′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transmuted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transmuting
.] 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 joyFree from alloy.
H. Smith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Transmute
TRANSMU'TE
,Verb.
T.
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.
Definition 2024
transmute
transmute
See also: transmuté
English
Verb
transmute (third-person singular simple present transmutes, present participle transmuting, simple past and past participle transmuted)
- (transitive) To change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
- The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.
- (intransitive) To change, transform or convert to another, or from one state or form to another.
- Did the base metals transmute to gold?
Translations
to convert one thing into another
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Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: transmutent, transmutes
Verb
transmute
- first-person singular present indicative of transmuter
- third-person singular present indicative of transmuter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transmuter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of transmuter
- second-person singular imperative of transmuter
Portuguese
Verb
transmute
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transmutar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of transmutar
- third-person singular imperative of transmutar
Spanish
Verb
transmute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transmutar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transmutar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transmutar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of transmutar.