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transfigure definition

trans·fig·ure (trans fig′yər)

transitive verb transfigured -·ured, transfiguring -·ur·ing

  1. to change the figure, form, or outward appearance of; transform
  2. to transform so as to exalt or glorify

Etymology: ME transfiguren < L transfigurare: see trans- & figure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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