TRANSFIGURE


Meaning of TRANSFIGURE in English

— transfigurement , n.

/trans fig"yeuhr/ or, esp. Brit., /-fig"euhr/ , v.t., transfigured, transfiguring .

1. to change in outward form or appearance; transform.

2. to change so as to glorify or exalt.

[ 1250-1300; ME transfiguren transfigurare to change in shape. See TRANS-, FIGURE ]

Syn. 1. transmute, renew.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .