"transmew" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: transmews [present, singular, third-person], transmewing [participle, present], transmewed [participle, past], transmewed [past]
Etymology: From Middle French transmuer, from Latin transmūtāre. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|transmuer}} Middle French transmuer, {{uder|en|la|transmūtāre}} Latin transmūtāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} transmew (third-person singular simple present transmews, present participle transmewing, simple past and past participle transmewed)
  1. (obsolete) To transmute, change. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-transmew-en-verb-HqwgsG7h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for transmew meaning in English (1.9kB)

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