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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Transmute

· Trans·mute · IPA /tɹænzˈmjuːt/
01 v. t. To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting
  1. 1.
    To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform.
    “The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols.” — Buckminster.
    Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy.” — H. Smith.