transmogrify
7 synonyms for transmogrify, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To change the form of something greatly or entirely.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. verb
To change the form of something greatly or entirely.
Etymology
First recorded in the 17th century, its origin is uncertain, though it may come from transmigure or transmigrate. Another possibility is that the word derives from maugre, so that it originally meant the "evil eye", and later shifted, under the influence of these other etymologies, to its sense of "transformation". A f...
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