transfigure

transfigure
Synonyms and related words:
acculturate, advance, ameliorate, amend, better, boost, bring forward, change, civilize, commute, convert, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, go straight, improve, improve upon, lard, lift, make an improvement, meliorate, mend, metabolize, metamorphose, nurture, promote, raise, refine upon, reform, socialize, straighten out, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, upgrade, uplift

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  • transfiguré — transfiguré, ée (tran sfi gu ré, rée) part. passé de transfigurer. •   C est toi que j en atteste, ô divin Raphaël, dont le pinceau céleste Osa représenter, par un sublime essor, Le Christ transfiguré sur le mont de Thabor ?, DELILLE l Imag. v..… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Transfigure — Trans*fig ure (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.] 1. To change the outward form or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transfigure — index affect, change, convert (change use), denature, distort, meliorate, modify (alter), transform …   Law dictionary

  • transfigure — (v.) c.1300, from O.Fr. transfigurer (12c.), from L. transfigurare change the shape of, from trans across (see TRANS (Cf. trans )) + figurare to form, fashion, from figura form, shape (see FIGURE (Cf. figure)). Related: Tr …   Etymology dictionary

  • transfigure — *transform, metamorphose, transmute, convert, transmogrify Analogous words: *exalt, magnify: heighten, enhance, *intensify …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • transfiguré — Transfiguré, [transfigur]ée. part …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • transfigure — ► VERB (be transfigured) ▪ be transformed into something more beautiful or spiritual. ORIGIN Latin transfigurare, from figura figure …   English terms dictionary

  • transfigure — [trans fig′yər] vt. transfigured, transfiguring [ME transfiguren < L transfigurare: see TRANS & FIGURE] 1. to change the figure, form, or outward appearance of; transform 2. to transform so as to exalt or glorify SYN. TRANSFORM …   English World dictionary

  • transfigure — UK [trænsˈfɪɡə(r)] / US [trænsˈfɪɡjər] verb [transitive] Word forms transfigure : present tense I/you/we/they transfigure he/she/it transfigures present participle transfiguring past tense transfigured past participle transfigured mainly literary …   English dictionary

  • transfigure — transitive verb ( ured; uring) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French transfigurer, from Latin transfigurare, from trans + figurare to shape, fashion, from figura figure Date: 14th century to give a new and typically exalted or spiritual… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • transfigure — transfigurement, n. /trans fig yeuhr/ or, esp. Brit., / fig euhr/, v.t., transfigured, transfiguring. 1. to change in outward form or appearance; transform. 2. to change so as to glorify or exalt. [1250 1300; ME transfiguren < L transfigurare to… …   Universalium

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