metamorphose Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change completely the nature or appearance of
    transfigure; transmogrify.
    • In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug
    • The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman
    • Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection
  2. verb change in outward structure or looks
    transmute; transform.
    • He transformed into a monster
    • The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle

WordNet

Met`a*mor"phose transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. métamorphoser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Metamorphosed ; present participle & verbal noun Metamorphosing
Definitions
  1. To change into a different form; to transform; to transmute.
    And earth was metamorphosed into man. Dryden.
Met`a*mor"phose noun
Etymology
Cf. F. métamorphose. See Metamorphosis.
Definitions
  1. Same as Metamorphosis.

Webster 1913