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Definition of metamorphose verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

metamorphose

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˌmɛt̮əˈmɔrfoʊz//
 
[intransitive, transitive] metamorphose (something/somebody) (from something) (into something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they metamorphose
 
he / she / it metamorphoses
 
past simple metamorphosed
 
-ing form metamorphosing
 
 
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to change or make something or someone change into something completely different, especially over a period of time synonym transform The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
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