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Definition of transmute verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

transmute

verb

NAmE//trænsˈmyut//

, NAmE//trænzˈmyut//

[transitive, intransitive] transmute (something) (into something) (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they transmute

he / she / it transmutes

past simple transmuted

-ing form transmuting

to change, or make something change, into something different synonym transform It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.

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transmutation

NAmE//ˌtrænsmyuˈteɪʃn//

, NAmE//ˌtrænzmyuˈteɪʃn//

noun [countable, uncountable]See transmute in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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