metamorphose

v., -phosed, -phos·ing, -phos·es.

v.tr.

1. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London).
2. To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.

v.intr.
To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism. See synonyms at convert.

[French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis. See metamorphosis.]

verb

1. To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, mutate, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate. See change/persist.
2. To bring about a radical change in: revolutionize, transform. See change/persist.

v

Definition: convert, transform
Antonyms: stagnate

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IN BRIEF: To change or cause to change completely.

The larva will metamorphose into a beautiful butterfly.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ændre form på, forvandle
v. intr. - blive ændret eller omformet via metamorfose

Nederlands (Dutch)
veranderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Biol, fig) métamorphoser (en), (Géol) métamorphoser
v. intr. - (Biol, fig) se métamorphoser (en)

Deutsch (German)
v. - (sich) verwandeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεταμορφώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
metamorfosare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - modificar

Русский (Russian)
метаморфоза, подвергать метаморфозе

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - metamorfosear, transformar
v. intr. - metamorfosearse, transformarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvandla, omdana

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使变形, 使变质, 变形, 变质

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使變形, 使變質
v. intr. - 變形, 變質

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 변태 시키다
v. intr. - ~으로 변태하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 変態させる, 変形させる, 変成させる, 変態する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمسخ, يغير, يحول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שינה צורה או אופי‬
v. intr. - ‮עבר תמורה בצורה או באופי‬

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