What does "metamorphize" mean?

To transform or change; metamorphose.

What is a synonym for "metamorphize"?

Common synonyms include: metamorphose, transform, transmogrify, convert, develop, draw.

Metamorphize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
To transform or change; metamorphose. ambitransitive
"[T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]"

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metamorphose transform transmogrify convert develop draw

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"[T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]"

Etymology

From meta- + morph + -ize.

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