Verb: transfigure tranz'fi-g(y)u(r)
- Change completely the nature or appearance of
"The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection";
- metamorphose, transmogrify
- Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
"The artist transfigured the ordinary scene into something sublime";
- glorify, spiritualize, spiritualise [Brit]
Derived forms: transfigured, transfigures, transfiguring
Type of: alter, change, modify, reverse, turn
Encyclopedia: Transfigure