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transmew, transmue, v. Obs. or arch.|trɑːnsˈmjuː, træns-|
Also 4–5 -muwe, -mewe, 5 -mywe.
[a. F. transmue-r (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), semi-learned form:—L. transmūtāre to change, transmute, f. trans- + mūtāre to change: see mew v.1]
trans. = transmute 1.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 439 (467) Thow most me first transmuwen [v.r. transmute] in a ston. Ibid. 802 (830) Ioies..Þat now transmuwed ben in cruel wo. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 4323 She to A larke was transmewed. 1512Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 81 His v. brethren and his sister, which were transmued in to swannes. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. vii. 35 Men into stones therewith he could transmew, And stones to dust, and dust to nought at all. a1643W. Cartwright Ordinary v. iv. in Hazl. Dodsley XII. 308, I, Robert Moth..do transmue my name to Geffery. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. xlii, As if transmew'd to stone. 1820Scott Monast. xviii, To cast my riding slough, and to transmew myself into some civil form.
†b. intr. for pass. = transmute 1 c. Obs.
c1400Rom. Rose 2526 In siker wise thou hir salewe, Wherwith thi colour wole transmewe. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 303 Dame nature..Alle erthely thing repaireth newe..Eche thinge..Which she seth faylle and transmywe. a1461― Beware Doubleness 44 Fortune's wheel..Whos cours standeth ever in doute For to transmew. |