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Metamorphose
//ˌmɛtəˈmɔːˌfəʊz// verb
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Verb
- 1 Of a moth or insect, to undergo metamorphosis. intransitive
- 2 change in outward structure or looks wordnet
- 3 To undergo some transformation. broadly, intransitive
"In fact, perhaps this is the pure and perfect incest: the brother realising that the sister’s virginity must be destroyed in order to have existed at all, taking that virginity in the person of the brother-in-law, the man whom he would be if he could become, metamorphose into, the lover, the husband; by whom he would be despoiled, choose for despoiler, if the could become, metamorphose into the sister, the mistress, the bride."
- 4 change completely the nature or appearance of wordnet
- 5 To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance. transitive
Etymology
From French métamorphoser, from Old French metamorphose, from Latin metamorphōsis; see metamorphosis.
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