/ ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz; NAmE -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/ verb
metamorphose (sth/sb) (from sth) (into sth) ( formal ) to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different, especially over a period of time
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The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent.: from French métamorphoser , from métamorphose via Latin from Greek metamorphōsis , from metamorphoun transform, change shape.