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Verb: transmute  tranz'myoot
  1. Change in outward structure or looks
    "He transmuted into a monster";
    - transform, metamorphose
     
  2. Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
    "This experience transmuted her completely";
    - transform, transubstantiate
     
  3. (chemistry) alter the nature of (elements)

Derived forms: transmuted, transmutes, transmuting

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Transmute