Category:Transmute

Trans*mute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.] Etym: [l. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + Mutare to change. See mutable, and cf. Transmew.]

Defn: 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.