v., -mut·ed, -mut·ing, -mutes.

v.tr.

To change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform: Alchemists tried to transmute lead into gold. See synonyms at convert.

v.intr.

To undergo transmutation.

[Middle English transmuten, from Latin trānsmūtāre : trāns-, trans- + mūtāre, to change.]

transmutability trans·mut'a·bil'i·ty n.
transmutable trans·mut'a·ble adj.
transmutably trans·mut'a·bly adv.
transmuter trans·mut'er n.

verb

To change into a different form, substance, or state: convert, metamorphose, mutate, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transpose, transubstantiate. See change/persist.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: alter in nature; of chemical elements in alchemy

Meaning #2: change in outward structure or looks
  Synonyms: transform, metamorphose

Meaning #3: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  Synonyms: transform, transubstantiate

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forvandle, omdanne
v. intr. - forvandle

Nederlands (Dutch)
veranderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Chim, fig) transmuer (en)
v. intr. - transmuer, transformer

Deutsch (German)
v. - umwandeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξαλλάσσω, εξαλλοιώνω, μεταστοιχειώνω

Italiano (Italian)
trasformare, tramutare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - transmutar, transformar

Русский (Russian)
перевоплощать, превращать, преобразовывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - transmutar
v. intr. - transmutar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvandla, transmutera, omvandla (kem.)

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

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

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 변화 시키다, 변하게 하다
v. intr. - 변화하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 変える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتحول, يحول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שינה (צורה, טבע, או חומר), הפך, עבקר תמורה‬
v. intr. - ‮שינה (צורה, טבע, או חומר), הפך, עבר תמורה‬

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