v. met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es v.tr. 1. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London). See Synonyms at convert. 2. To cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism. v.intr. 1. To be changed or transformed: "the man whom he would be if he could become, metamorphose into, the lover, the husband" (William Faulkner). 2. To undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism. [French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis; see METAMORPHOSIS.] |
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