transmutation

noun
/tɹanzmjuːˈteɪʃn̩/UK

Etymology

Late 14th century, from Old French transmutacion (“transformation, metamorphosis”), from Late Latin transmutationem, from Latin transmutare (“to change”).

  1. derived from transmutare
  2. derived from transmutationem
  3. derived from transmutacion

Definitions

  1. Change, alteration.

  2. The conversion of one thing into something else

    The conversion of one thing into something else; transformation.

    • Up I rose and forth I fared: / Took my plunge within the bath-pool, pacified the watch-dog scared, / Saw proceed the transmutation—Jura's black to one gold glow, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for transmutation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA