transmogrify

  • 11transmogrify — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. change, metamorphose, mutate, transmute. see transform II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, metamorphose, mutate, transfigure, transform, translate,… …

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  • 12transmogrify — trans|mog|ri|fy [trænzˈmɔgrıfaı US trænsˈma: ] v past tense and past participle transmogrified present participle transmogrifying third person singular transmogrifies [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from transmigrate] to change the shape of …

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  • 13transmogrify — trans|mog|ri|fy [ trænz magrə,faı ] verb transitive HUMOROUS to change something into something very different, especially in a way that is funny or strange …

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  • 14transmogrify — trans·mog·ri·fy || trænz mÉ‘grɪfaɪ / mÉ’g v. change entirely, transform drastically …

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  • 15transmogrify — [tranz mɒgrɪfʌɪ, trα:nz , ns ] verb (transmogrifies, transmogrifying, transmogrified) chiefly humorous transform in a surprising or magical manner. Derivatives transmogrification noun Origin …

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  • 16transmogrify — verb (T) humorous to change the shape of something completely, as if by magic …

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  • 17transmogrify — trans·mog·ri·fy …

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  • 18transmogrify — trans•mog•ri•fy [[t]trænsˈmɒg rəˌfaɪ, trænz [/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing to change in appearance or form, esp. strangely or grotesquely; transform • Etymology: 1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; appar. a pseudo Latinism with trans ,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19transmogrify — /trænzˈmɒgrəfaɪ / (say tranz mogruhfuy) verb (t) (transmogrified, transmogrifying) to change as by magic; transform: *She was surprised therefore to see his grin transmogrified into a beneficent smile. –peter carey, 1988. {humorous coinage}… …

  • 20transmogrify —   v.t. transform.    ♦ transmogrification, n …

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