verb
transmute
Transmute (verb) means to turn something into a different thing, or change it out of one state or form and into another.
verb
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To turn something into a different thing, or change it out of one state or form and into another.
"The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold."
"Did the base metals transmute to gold?"
"Etzler was a follower of the wonkish French utopian Charles Fourier, who promised that the scientific reinvention of nature would transmute the saltwater into lemonade."
— Samuel Moyn, Can Democrats Learn to Dream Big Again? (2025)
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Etymology
Taken from Latin trānsmūtāre, from trans plus mūtāre.
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What is the meaning of transmute?
"transmute" (verb) means to turn something into a different thing, or change it out of one state or form and into another.
What is another word for transmute?
Other words for "transmute" include metamorphose, transform, transubstantiate.
