[meta.mor.phose] vb -phosed ; -phos.ing [prob. fr. MF metamorphoser, fr. metamorphose metamorphosis, fr. L metamorphosis] vt (1576) 1 a: to change into a different physical form esp. by supernatural means b: to change strikingly the appearance or character of: transform "you are so metamorphosed I can hardly think you my master --Shak."
2: to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism ~ vi 1: to undergo metamorphosis
2: to become transformed syn see transform