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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
transmute
    v 1: change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into
         a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly
         beetle" [syn: transform, transmute, metamorphose]
    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,
       transubstantiate]
    3: alter the nature of (elements)

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
         Free from alloy.                         --H. Smith.
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