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metamorphose

DEFINITIONS OF: metamorphose

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v change in outward structure or looks

“The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle”
Synonyms:
transform, transmute
Types:
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aurify
transform into gold
become, turn
undergo a change or development
boil down, come down, reduce
be the essential element
choke, suffocate
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
nucleate
form into a nucleus
add up, amount, come
develop into
Type of:
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

v change completely the nature or appearance of

Synonyms:
transfigure, transmogrify
Type of:
change by reversal, reverse, turn
change to the contrary
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