transmogrify
1Transmogrify — Trans*mog ri*fy, v. t. [A humorous coinage.] To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.] Fielding. [1913 Webster] …
2transmogrify — index alter, change, convert (change use), transform Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3transmogrify — to change completely, 1650s, apparently a perversion of transmigure, from transmigrate, perhaps influenced by MODIFY (Cf. modify) …
4transmogrify — *transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transfigure …
5transmogrify — ► VERB (transmogrifies, transmogrified) chiefly humorous ▪ transform in a surprising or magical manner. DERIVATIVES transmogrification noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
6transmogrify — [trans mäg′rə fī΄, tranzmäg′rə fī΄] vt. transmogrified, transmogrifying [pseudo L formation] to change completely; transform, esp. in a grotesque or strange manner transmogrification n …
7transmogrify — UK [trænzˈmɒɡrɪfaɪ] / US [trænzˈmɑɡrəˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms transmogrify : present tense I/you/we/they transmogrify he/she/it transmogrifies present participle transmogrifying past tense transmogrified past participle transmogrified… …
8transmogrify — verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1656 transitive verb to change or alter greatly and often with grotesque or humorous effect intransitive verb to become transmogrified Synonyms: see transform • transmogrification noun …
9transmogrify — transmogrification, n. /trans mog reuh fuy , tranz /, v.t., transmogrified, transmogrifying. to change in appearance or form, esp. strangely or grotesquely; transform. [1650 60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; appar. a pseudo Latinism… …
10transmogrify — verb /trænzˈmɒɡrɪfaɪ,trænzˈmɑːɡrɪfaɪ/ a) To completely alter the form of. b) To completely alter ones form …
