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Definition of transmute verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

transmute

 verb
verb
NAmE//trænsˈmyut//
 
, NAmE//trænzˈmyut//
 
[transitive, intransitive] transmute (something) (into something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they transmute
 
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he / she / it transmutes
 
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past simple transmuted
 
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-ing form transmuting
 
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to change, or make something change, into something different synonym transform It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.
transmutation
 
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NAmE//ˌtrænsmyuˈteɪʃn//
 
, NAmE//ˌtrænzmyuˈteɪʃn//
 
noun [countable, uncountable]
See transmute in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary