Found 2 items, similar to transubstantiate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: transubstantiate
transubstantiate
v 1: change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and
blood of Christ
2: 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,
transmute]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Transubstantiate
Transubstantiate
\Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [LL.
transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to
transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia
substance. See
Substance.]
1. To change into another substance. [R.]
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The spider love which transubstantiates all,
And can convert manna to gall. --Donne.
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2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements,
bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.
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