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transmute(dictionary)

transmute (iou)



transmute verb. [tranz'mju:t, trɑ:nz-, -ns-] LME.
[Latin transmutare, formed as TRANS- + mutare change.]
verb trans. Alter or change in nature, properties, appearance, or form; transform, convert, turn. Freq. with fig. allusion to sense 1b. LME.
J. London A great task to transmute feeling and sensation into speech. F. Pohl The slim, smiling bride..was now transmuted into a plump, faded woman.
b. Orig. in Alchemy, change (a substance) into another substance, esp. a baser metal into gold or silver. Now also in Physics, change (one element or isotope) into or to another, esp. by irradiation or bombardment; change (a subatomic particle) into another particle. E17.
E. J. Kormondy Hydrogen is transmuted to helium with a..release of considerable radiant energy.
verb intrans. Undergo transmutation; be transformed; change or turn into something else. L17.
Nature An up quark transmutes into a down.
verb trans. Remove from one place to another; transport. rare. L17-E19.
transmuted ppl adjective (a) Heraldry counterchanged; (b) changed in form or nature, altered, transformed: L15.
transmuter noun E19.