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trans·mute

(trăns-myo͞ot′, trănz-)

v. trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing, trans·mutes

v.tr.

To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold. See Synonyms at convert.

v.intr.

To undergo transmutation.

[Middle English transmuten, from Latin trānsmūtāre : trāns-, trans- + mūtāre, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

trans·mut′a·bil′i·ty n.

trans·mut′a·ble adj.

trans·mut′a·bly adv.

trans·mut′er n.

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transmute

(trænzˈmjuːt)

vb (tr)

1. to change the form, character, or substance of

2. (Alchemy) to alter (an element, metal, etc) by alchemy

[C15: via Old French from Latin transmūtāre to shift, from trans- + mūtāre to change]

transˌmutaˈbility n

transˈmutable adj

transˈmutably adv

transˈmuter n

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trans•mute

(trænsˈmyut, trænz-)

v.t., v.i. -mut•ed, -mut•ing.

to change from one nature, substance, form, or condition into another; transform.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin trānsmūtāre to shift =trāns- trans- + mūtāre to change]

trans•mut′a•ble, adj.

trans•mut`a•bil′i•ty, n.

trans•mut′a•bly, adv.

trans•mut′er, n.

transmute

Past participle: transmuted
Gerund: transmuting

Imperative
transmute
transmute

Present
I transmute
you transmute
he/she/it transmutes
we transmute
you transmute
they transmute

Preterite
I transmuted
you transmuted
he/she/it transmuted
we transmuted
you transmuted
they transmuted

Present Continuous
I am transmuting
you are transmuting
he/she/it is transmuting
we are transmuting
you are transmuting
they are transmuting

Present Perfect
I have transmuted
you have transmuted
he/she/it has transmuted
we have transmuted
you have transmuted
they have transmuted

Past Continuous
I was transmuting
you were transmuting
he/she/it was transmuting
we were transmuting
you were transmuting
they were transmuting

Past Perfect
I had transmuted
you had transmuted
he/she/it had transmuted
we had transmuted
you had transmuted
they had transmuted

Future
I will transmute
you will transmute
he/she/it will transmute
we will transmute
you will transmute
they will transmute

Future Perfect
I will have transmuted
you will have transmuted
he/she/it will have transmuted
we will have transmuted
you will have transmuted
they will have transmuted

Future Continuous
I will be transmuting
you will be transmuting
he/she/it will be transmuting
we will be transmuting
you will be transmuting
they will be transmuting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been transmuting
you have been transmuting
he/she/it has been transmuting
we have been transmuting
you have been transmuting
they have been transmuting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been transmuting
you will have been transmuting
he/she/it will have been transmuting
we will have been transmuting
you will have been transmuting
they will have been transmuting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been transmuting
you had been transmuting
he/she/it had been transmuting
we had been transmuting
you had been transmuting
they had been transmuting

Conditional
I would transmute
you would transmute
he/she/it would transmute
we would transmute
you would transmute
they would transmute

Past Conditional
I would have transmuted
you would have transmuted
he/she/it would have transmuted
we would have transmuted
you would have transmuted
they would have transmuted

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Verb	1.	transmute - change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" metamorphose, transform change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" aurify - transform into gold become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"
	2.	transmute - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" transform, transubstantiate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" transubstantiate - change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ sorcerise, sorcerize - transform or change by means of sorcery stalinise, stalinize - transform in accordance with Stalin's policies; "Russia was slowly stalinized after Lenin's death" destalinise, destalinize - counteract the effects and policies of Stalinism; "Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's" work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
	3.	transmute - alter the nature of (elements) chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

transmute

verb transform, change, convert, alter, metamorphose, transfigure, alchemize She ceased to think as anger transmuted into passion.

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transmute

verb

To change into a different form, substance, or state:

convert, metamorphose, mutate, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transpose, transubstantiate.

Translations

verwandeln

transmuter

trasmutare

transmute

[trænzˈmjuːt] VT to transmute (into) → transmutar (en)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

transmute

[trænzˈmjuːt]

vi → se transformer
to transmute into sth → se transformer en qch

vt → transformer
to transmute sth into sth → transformer qch en qch

transmute

vt → umwandeln, verwandeln (→ into in +acc); metal → verwandeln (→ into in +acc)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

transmute

[trænzˈmjuːt] vt (frm) to transmute (into) → tramutare (in)

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Mine is no squalor of song that cannot transmute itself, with proper exchange value, into a flower-crowned cottage, a sweet mountain-meadow, a grove of red-woods, an orchard of thirty-seven trees, one long row of blackberries and two short rows of strawberries, to say nothing of a quarter of a mile of gurgling brook.

"There'll be a check at the post-office, I know, and we'll transmute it into beautiful buckwheat flour, a gallon of maple syrup, and a new pair of overshoes for you."

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"After all, the mediaeval belief in the Philosopher's Stone which could transmute metals, has its counterpart in the accepted theory of metabolism which changes living tissue.

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You transmute the commonest traits into gold of your own; but after all there are no new names.

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'Any miscalculated move can transmute into a large scale conflict,' the FO spokesperson was quoted as saying.

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ISLAMABAD -- Voicing serious concerns over the deepening crisis in the Persian Gulf, Pakistan on Thursday urged Iran and the United States to show restraint as any 'miscalculated move can transmute into a large-scale conflict'.

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Its cheekychappie chirpiness would transmute over the years into the seedier approach of Guy Ritchie's mockney malarkeys.

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The story, involving real and imaginary characters, is sufficiently credible and the reader will learn much of the period, including alchemy as Dr Dee attempts to transmute base metals to gold.

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The idea here is that the accelerators could sustain a sub-critical chain reaction that could be used to transmute nuclear waste into something benign.