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Transfigure

verb
(past & past part. transfigured; pres. part. transfiguring)
1.
Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration.  Synonyms: glorify, spiritualize.
2.
Change completely the nature or appearance of.  Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify.  "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman" , "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"






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"Transfigure" Quotes from Famous Books



... the paean of the Marseillaise, the livelier march of Italy, the song of Germany, the Star-Spangled Banner; and long before the band struck into the solemn rhythm of "God save the King," Stella Croyle at all events knew that Calypso had lost. For she saw a flame illumine Luttrell's face and transfigure him. He had slipped out of her reach. The doubts and perplexities which had so troubled him during the last months were now resolved. As he listened to the Hymns, he saw as in a vision the nations advancing abreast over a vast plain like ...
— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... one Who mocks at any high behest; My fault being that I kept the throne Of a JOVE vacant in my breast, And when APOLLO claimed the place I was too loyal to my Jove; Unmindful how the masks of love Transfigure ...
— The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems • Frances Fuller Victor



Words linked to "Transfigure" :   alter, turn, metamorphose, change, reverse, glorify, modify, change by reversal, transfiguration



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