Metamorphose

//ˌmɛtəˈmɔːˌfəʊz// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Of a moth or insect, to undergo metamorphosis. intransitive
  2. 2
    change in outward structure or looks wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    change completely the nature or appearance of wordnet
  5. 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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