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TRANSMOGRIFY (transmogrified)

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Irregular inflected form: transmogrified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmogrify mean? 

TRANSMOGRIFY (verb)
  The verb TRANSMOGRIFY has 1 sense:

1. change completely the nature or appearance ofplay

  Familiarity information: TRANSMOGRIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRANSMOGRIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they transmogrify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it transmogrifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: transmogrified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: transmogrified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: transmogrifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Change completely the nature or appearance of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

metamorphose; transfigure; transmogrify

Context example:

Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection

Hypernyms (to "transmogrify" is one way to...):

change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

transmogrification (the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one))


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