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The definition of morph is to become something else.

(verb)

An example of to morph is a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.

See morph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Linguis. allomorph (sense )
a representation of an occurrence of a morpheme
a sequence of phonemes isolated from surrounding sequences but not yet assigned to a particular morpheme

Origin: < Gr morphē, form

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to transform or be transformed as by morphing

Origin: < (meta)morph(osis)

morphology

one having a (specified) form: pseudomorph

Origin: see morph

See morph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An allomorph.

Origin:

Origin: From morpheme

noun

One of various distinct forms of an organism or species.

Origin:

Origin: From Greek morphē, form, shape

verb morphed, morph·ing, morphs

verb, transitive

To transform (an image) by computer: cinematic special effects that morphed the villain into a snake.

verb, intransitive

To be transformed: “Yesterday's filmstrip has morphed into today's school computer” (Clifford Stoll).

Origin:

Origin: Shortening of metamorphose

prefix

Variant of morpho-.

suffix

Form; shape; structure: endomorph.
Morpheme: allomorph.

Origin:

Origin: Greek -morphos

Origin: , from morphē, shape

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