METAMORPHOSE

verb (-phosed; -phosing) Etymology: probably from Middle French ~r, from ~ metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphosis Date: 1576 transitive verb 1. to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means, to change strikingly the appearance or character of ; transform , to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism, intransitive verb to undergo metamorphosis, to become transformed, see: transform