transmute

  • 21transmute — trans·mute …

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  • 22transmute — trans•mute [[t]trænsˈmyut, trænz [/t]] v. t. v. i. mut•ed, mut•ing to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L trānsmūtāre to shift =trāns trans +mūtāre to change… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23transmute — /trænzˈmjut / (say tranz myooht) verb (t) (transmuted, transmuting) to change from one nature, substance, or form into another; transform. {Middle English, from Latin transmutāre} –transmutable, adjective –transmutability /ˌtrænzmjutəˈbɪləti/… …

  • 24transmute —   v.t. change into another substance or species.    ♦ transmutation, n.    ♦ transmutative,   a …

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  • 25transmute — v.tr. 1 change the form, nature, or substance of. 2 Alchemy hist. subject (base metals) to transmutation. Derivatives: transmutable adj. transmutability n. transmutative adj. transmuter n. Etymology: ME f. L transmutare (as TRANS , mutare change) …

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  • 26smute — transmute …

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  • 27smuté — transmuté …

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  • 28Transmuted — Transmute Trans*mute , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See {Mutable}, and cf. {Transmew}.] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into… …

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  • 29Transmuting — Transmute Trans*mute , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See {Mutable}, and cf. {Transmew}.] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into… …

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  • 30transmutation — transmute ► VERB 1) change in form, nature, or substance. 2) change (a chemical element) into another, either by a nuclear process or as a supposed operation in alchemy. DERIVATIVES transmutation noun. ORIGIN Latin transmutare, from mutare to… …

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