METAMORPHOSE


Meaning of METAMORPHOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌfōz, -ˌfōs ]

verb

( -phosed ; -phos·ing )

Etymology: probably from Middle French metamorphoser, from metamorphose metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphosis

Date: 1576

transitive verb

1.

a. : to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means

b. : to change strikingly the appearance or character of : transform

you are so metamorphosed I can hardly think you my master — Shakespeare

2. : to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism

intransitive verb

1. : to undergo metamorphosis

2. : to become transformed

Synonyms: see transform

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