Definitions for: Metamorphose


[v] change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[v] change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"



Webster (1913) Definition: Met`a*mor"phose, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Metamorphosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Metamorphosing.] [Cf. F.
m['e]tamorphoser.]
To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.

And earth was metamorphosed into man. --Dryden.


Met`a*mor"phose, n. [Cf. F. m['e]tamorphose. See
Metamorphosis.]
Same as Metamorphosis.

Synonyms: transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute

See Also: aurify, become, change, change by reversal, reverse, turn

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