| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| transmute |
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| SYLLABICATION: | trans·mute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr ns-my t , trnz- |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: trans·mut·ed, trans·mut·ing, trans·mutes
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold. See synonyms at convert. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To undergo transmutation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English transmuten, from Latin tr nsm tre : trns-, trans- + mtre, to change; see mei-1 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | trans·mut a·bili·ty —NOUN
trans·muta·ble —ADJECTIVE
trans·muta·bly —ADVERB
trans·muter —NOUN
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