Transmute



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GRE 红宝书

• v.变化, 变作
• ［英］ v. 变化, 变作 ( to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and)
• ［记］ trans ( 变化) +mute ( 变化) -> 变化

Webster Collegiate

verb (transmuted; transmuting)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin transmutare, from trans- + mutare to change — more at mutable
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
  • 2. to subject (as an element) to transmutation
• intransitive verb
  • to undergo transmutation
• Synonyms: see transform
• ? transmutable adjective

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