metamorphose
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French métamorphoser
Verb[edit]
metamorphose (third-person singular simple present metamorphoses, present participle metamorphosing, simple past and past participle metamorphosed)
- (of a moth or insect, intransitive) to undergo metamorphosis.
- (transitive) To transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance.
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Translations[edit]
to undergo metamorphosis
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to transform (something) so that it has a completely different appearance
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Further reading[edit]
- 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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Noun[edit]
metamorphose f (plural metamorphoses)
- Obsolete spelling of metamorfose (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).