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transmuting
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Transmuting
(gcide) | 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.
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The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.
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Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy. --H. Smith.
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Transmuting
(gcide) | 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.
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