See Also: metamorphose(medicine)
metamorphose(1)(dictionary)
metamorphose(2)(dictionary)
metamorphose(dictionary)

metamorphose(2) (iou)



metamorphose verb. L16.
[French metamorphoser, from metamorphose (noun) formed as METAMORPHOSIS.]
verb trans. Change into or to something else by supernatural means. L16.
George Eliot Perhaps they metamorphose themselves into a tawny squirrel.
verb trans. Change the form or character of; alter the nature or disposition of; transform. Foll. by into, to. L16.
T. Hardy The waves rolled in furiously..and were metamorphosed into foam.
verb trans. Subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism. M17.
A. H. Green The rocks..are highly metamorphosed Lower Silurian beds.
verb intrans. Undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism; change. (Foll. by into.) E19.
P. Norman Photographs of the grown up men into whom these two..little boys have metamorphosed. J. May The monster scorpion metamorphosed into a handsome young ogre. S. Rushdie She sees the Parsee ayah metamorphosing, becoming liquid, flowing outwards until she fills the room.
metamorphoser noun L16.