"transmogrify" meaning in English

See transmogrify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tɹænzˈmɒɡɹɪfaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɹænzˈmɑɡɹɪfaɪ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-transmogrify.ogg , en-au-transmogrify.ogg Forms: transmogrifies [present, singular, third-person], transmogrifying [participle, present], transmogrified [participle, past], transmogrified [past]
Etymology: 17th century; origin uncertain, but possibly from transmigure, transmigrate. It is also possible that this word is a formation derived from maugre, hence it originally signified the "evil eye", but under the influence of the former etymologies shifted its meaning to its sense of "transformation". Another possibility is a humorous blending of transfigure and modify. Head templates: {{en-verb}} transmogrify (third-person singular simple present transmogrifies, present participle transmogrifying, simple past and past participle transmogrified)
  1. (transitive) To substantially or completely alter the form of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: transform, transmute
    Sense id: en-transmogrify-en-verb-jwQG1KV-
  2. (intransitive) To completely alter one's form. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: transform, transmute
    Sense id: en-transmogrify-en-verb-syQzqQbT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pseudo-loans from Latin, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English pseudo-loans from Latin: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: transmogrification Translations (completely alter the form of): proměnit (english: se) [perfective] (Czech), transformieren (German), gänzlich ummodeln (German), whakatupu (Maori), metamorfosear (Portuguese), preinačiti (Serbo-Croatian), preoblikovati (Serbo-Croatian)
Disambiguation of 'completely alter the form of': 53 47

Inflected forms

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