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metamorphose
[met-uh-mawr-fohz, -fohs]
verb (used with object)
to change the form or nature of; transform.
Synonyms: ,to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.
verb (used without object)
to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.
Synonyms: ,
metamorphose
/ ˌɛəˈɔːəʊ /
verb
to undergo or cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism
Other Word Forms
- unmetamorphosed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of metamorphose1
Example Sentences
And this man once seen as a performative figure — a political sideshow — has metamorphosed into a towering and singular figure in America whose significance goes far beyond politics.
"These metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that have melted and produced granites that concentrate uranium and thorium are like black box flight recorders that record pressure and temperature," Smye said.
Previous studies had found that smooth muscle cells metamorphose into different types of cells inside these atherosclerotic plaques and multiply to make up most cells within the plaques.
"In the last 30 years my ideas around loss have been in a continuous state of metamorphosing," she writes.
On Earth, there’s an efficient way “to get those rocks up to the surface and cycle surface rocks down to be metamorphosed,” McSween says.
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