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transfigure
 
SYLLABICATION:trans·fig·ure
PRONUNCIATION:  trns-fgyr
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: trans·fig·ured, trans·fig·ur·ing, trans·fig·ures
1. To alter the outward appearance of; transform. See synonyms at convert. 2. To exalt or glorify.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English transfiguren, from Old French transfigurer, from Latin trnsfigrre : trns-, trans- + figra, form; see dheigh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:trans·figure·ment —NOUN
 
 
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