Found 2 items, similar to transmute.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: transmute transmute v 1: alter the nature of (elements) 2: change in outward structure or looks; “He transformed into a monster”; “The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle” [syn: transform, metamorphose] 3: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; “This experience transformed her completely”; “She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture”; “transubstantiate one element into another” [syn: transform, transubstantiate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Transmute 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 another; to transform. [1913 Webster] The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster] Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. --H. Smith. [1913 Webster]