metamorphose

See also: Metamorphose, métamorphosé, and métamorphose

English

Etymology

From Middle French métamorphoser

Verb

metamorphose (third-person singular simple present metamorphoses, present participle metamorphosing, simple past and past participle metamorphosed)

1. (of a moth or insect, intransitive) to undergo metamorphosis.
2. (transitive) To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance.

Synonyms

• metamorphosize

Related terms

• metamorphism
• metamorphosis
• metamorphosize

Translations

to undergo metamorphosis

• Ido: metamorfosar (io)
• Latin: transfiguro

• Spanish: metamorfosear (es)

to transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance

• Ido: transformar (io)

• Spanish: metamorfar

Further reading

• metamorphose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• metamorphose in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• metamorphose at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Portuguese

Noun

metamorphose f (plural metamorphoses)

1. Obsolete spelling of metamorfose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).