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Webster 1913 Edition


Transmute

Trans-mute′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transmuted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Transmuting
.]
[L.
transmutare
,
transmutatum
;
trans
across +
mutare
to change. See
Mutable
, and cf.
Transmew
.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends
transmute
us into idols.
Buckminster.
Transmuting
sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy.
H. Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition


Transmute

TRANSMU'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. transmuto; trans and muto, to change.]
To change from one nature or substance into another. Water may be transmuted into ice, and ice into water; the juices of plants are transmuted into solid substances; but human skill has not been able to transmute lead or copper into gold.
A holy conscience sublimates every thing; it transmutes the common affairs of life into acts of solemn worship to God.
The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends, transmute us into idols.

Definition 2024


transmuté

transmuté

See also: transmute

French

Verb

transmuté m (feminine singular transmutée, masculine plural transmutés, feminine plural transmutées)

  1. past participle of transmuter

Adjective

transmuté m (feminine singular transmutée, masculine plural transmutés, feminine plural transmutées)

  1. transmuted

Spanish

Verb

transmuté

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of transmutar.