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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

transfigure Synonyms

transfigure

v.

  1. To transform

    convert, transmute, modify; see change 1.

  2. To exalt

    glorify, dignify, signalize; see idealize. See syn. study at transform.

transfigure Usage Examples

Object

  • life: A conviction of the Listening God who's very listening transfigures life.
  • face: Divine peace glows on all the majestic landscape like the silent enthusiastic joy that sometimes transfigures a noble human face.