transfigure

Meaning of transfigure

verb
  1. transform into something more beautiful or elevated.
    the world is made luminous and is transfigured

Middle English: from Old French transfigurer or Latin transfigurare, from trans- ‘across’ + figura ‘figure’.

Information about transfigure

Hyphenation of transfigure

trans-fig-ure

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • transfigure is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

transfigure synonyms

Meaning glorify:

glorify, spiritualize

Meaning metamorphose:

metamorphose, transmogrify

Meaning make a marked change in the form, nature, or appearance of:

transform

Meaning alter in terms of:

change

Meaning change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way:

alter

Meaning change the form, character, or function of something:

convert

Meaning differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class:

vary

Meaning make partial or minor changes to (something):

modify

Meaning change in form, nature, or substance:

transmute

Meaning change in form or nature:

mutate

Meaning change the position of:

rearrange

Meaning shape or form (something) differently or again:

reshape

Meaning change the structure or form of (something, especially a building):

remodel

Meaning do (something) again or differently:

redo

Meaning build or form (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed:

reconstruct

Meaning give (a metal object) a different form by melting it down and reshaping it:

recast

Meaning build (something) again after it has been damaged or destroyed:

rebuild

Meaning change the way in which (something) is organized:

reorganize

Meaning resume (an activity) after an interruption:

renew

Meaning change (something) radically or fundamentally:

revolutionize

Translation of transfigure

Words that rhyme with transfigure

configure, defigure, demifigure, disfigure, enfigure, exfigure, figure, forefigure, ligure, mastigure, misfigure, outfigure, preconfigure, prefigure, reconfigure, refigure, retransfigure, semifigure, subfigure, desfigure, envergure, augure

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