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Definition of Transmogrify

1. Verb. Change completely the nature or appearance of. "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"

Definition of Transmogrify

1. v. t. To change into a different shape; to transform.

Definition of Transmogrify

1. Verb. (transitive) To completely alter the form of. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To completely alter one's form. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transmogrify

1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transmogrify

Literary usage of Transmogrify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"transmogrify, v. to metamorphose, to effect a visible change for the better. A jobbing tailor offered to transmogrify all my carpets when I was removing to ..."

2. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"transmogrify, v. to metamorphose, to effect a visible chat»- ge for the better. A jobbing tailor offered to transmogrify all my carpets when I removing to a ..."

3. Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns: With Upwards of by John Cuthbertson (1886)
"They visibly, without the least hint, transmogrify them into such birds as you now see.—Rabelais. ..."

4. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"... at home, in the mother country, can transmogrify into one of free contract between buyer and seller, between equally independent owners of commodities, ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... a hen and chickens, to bombard veal, to transmogrify pigeons, to Florent'ne a hare, make a Solomon Gundy, make an artificial turtle, and barbecue a pig. ..."

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