change completely the nature or appearance of - In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug - The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman - Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection • Syn: metamorphose, transfigure • Derivationally related forms: transmogrification, transfiguration (for: transfigure) • Hypernyms: change by reversal, turn, reverse • Verb Frames: - Something ----s