† morphn.¹

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Latin morphea ; morphew n.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin morphea (see morphew n.) with omission of the ending, or shortened < morphew n.

Obsolete. rare.

= morphew n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease

scurfc1000

scabc1250

scallc1374

lepraa1398

morphoeaa1398

scalledness1398

morphewa1400

scabiesc1400

scale14..

scruff14..

shellsc1400

rove?c1450

scabnessc1450

scabbedness1483

scaldness1527

scurfinessa1529

scaledness1530

dandruff1545

skalfering1561

bran1574

room1578

reefa1585

scabbiness1584

scald1598

skilfers1599

scabiosity1608

scalliness1610

scaliness1611

furfur1621

morph1681

pityriasis1684

psoriasis1684

porrigo1706

scaly tetter1799

motley dandruff1822

scale-skin1822

parapsoriasis1903

dander-

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. i. 131 A Wilk..being burnt..and mixed with old Oil..is an admirable Remedy against Baldness and Morph of long standing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

morphn.²

Brit.

/mɔːf/, U.S.

/mɔrf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphine n.

Etymology: Shortened < morphine n.

U.S. slang.

= morphine n.In quot. 1912: a person addicted to morphine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alkaloids > [noun] > morphine

morphine1817

morph1906

Ma1912

1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 196 The old morph, y'know.

1912 Collier's 21 Sept. 20/2 White ‘dope fiends’, known in the vernacular of the police as ‘hops’, ‘cokes’, or ‘morphs’.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 160 About a spoonful of water and some of their meager store of ‘morph’ were put in the tin box.

1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It viii. 65 No morph, no! I had really kicked that one, and would do my own traveling from now on.

1969 J. K. Baxter Coll. Poems (1980) 444 I think she must be well stoned On coke or morph.

2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy i. 3 What you after, mate? I've got smack, morph, powder and amps,..and a bit of coke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

morphn.³

Brit.

/mɔːf/, U.S.

/mɔrf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morpheme n.

Etymology: Shortened < morpheme n.

Linguistics.

A discrete phonological unit representing a minimal and indivisible morphological entity, esp. considered as constituting the realization of a morpheme (see morpheme n. (b)); any of two or more possible realizations of a morpheme; an allomorph (allomorph n.²).Also with modifying word, as portmanteau morph, etc.: see portmanteau n. Compounds 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > morph or allomorph

morpheme alternant1942

allomorph1945

morph1947

allomorphy1955

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to morphs or allomorphs

morph1947

allomorphic1949

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > morph or allomorph > specific

portmanteau morph1947

1947 C. F. Hockett in Language 23 322 Recurrent partials not composed of smaller ones (-way) are alternants or morphs... Every utterance is composed entirely of morphs.

1948 P. K. Benedict in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 68 185 This nomenclature has obvious advantages from a systematic point of view, and might well be extended to morphology, with the ‘morph’ as the descriptive unit, and the ‘allomorph’ as the member of a morpheme.

1952 C. E. Bazell in E. P. Hamp et al. Readings in Linguistics II (1966) 274 The term morpheme..was used both for the narrower modern concept and for that of the morpheme-alternant or (in American usage) the morph.

1955 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1954 69 Synthetic classification of morphs is implied in the very procedure of defining their morphemic values. For it is on account of their membership in different substitution-classes (selections), that morphs are assigned their different morphemic values.

1960 Amer. Speech 35 218 He [sc. Hoenigswald] believes sound change to be due to nothing but complete borrowing of morphs between only sub-phonemically differing dialects.

1965 Language 41 420 The markers of case are almost always portmanteau morphs that are also involved in expressing other categories..of the noun phrase.

1972 Hiberno-Eng. Dial. Questionnaire 1 Some of the principal morphs found in polysyllables are..included in the questionnaire.

1992 Word 43 i. 63 The simplest way to establish genetic relationship is by identifying a large number of similar morphs (or allomorphs)..in similar environments in the languages.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

1947 Language 23 337 Intonational morphs..are found spread through such morphs or morph-sequences as yes, I know, no, maybe, [etc.].

1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form ii. 22 The term [sc. morphophonemics] has also more recently been used for the study of morph-structure proper.

1962 H. M. Hoenigswald in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 107 Is it reasonable..to consider the sentence intonations of English on a par with the segmental morph-morphemes?

1964 E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. vi. 130 The P rules will operate to select the proper morph shapes and allophones.

1972 Archivum Linguisticum 3 49 There is a regular phonological rule in Nzema and Ahanta which voices certain morph-initial obstruents if they are preceded by a vowel or nasal consonant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

morphn.⁴

Brit.

/mɔːf/, U.S.

/mɔrf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphism n.

Etymology: Shortened < morphism n. (see quot. 1955¹).

Biology.

A variant form of an animal or plant produced by genetic differences; any of the distinct forms present in a polymorphic population. In later use also: each of the different forms exhibited by an animal or plant in the course of its life cycle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > occurrence of variant forms > individual

polymorpha1897

morph1955

1955 J. S. Huxley in Heredity 9 2 I propose to introduce the term morphism and its derivatives, morphic and morph.

1955 J. S. Huxley in Heredity 9 3 I restrict the term morphism to genetic polymorphism..in which (usually sharply distinct) genetic variants or morphs coexist in temporary or permanent balance within a single interbreeding population in a single spatial region.

1956 J. S. Huxley in Proc. Royal Soc. B. 145 319 Kettlewell..has shown how the melanic morph of the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia,..enjoys a cryptic advantage in industrial areas.

1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals vi. 61 Both sexes [of Ityraea nigrocincta] have two morphs, a green form and a yellow form.

1970 Nature 26 Sept. 1368/1 In the autumn the parthenogenetic viviparous morphs of the aphid give birth to nymphs which develop into males and oviparous females.

1978 Watsonia 12 137 The morphs [of Spergula arvensis] differ in the nature of the seedcoat..and in the glandular hairiness of the stems and leaves.

1983 J. R. S. Fincham Genetics xviii. 534 So long as a given morph is few in number compared with the capacity of its preferred niche it will be favoured by selection.

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 143 The thrum morph has a short style, anthers at the top of the corolla tube and produces large pollen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

morphn.⁵

Brit.

/mɔːf/, U.S.

/mɔrf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metamorphosis n.

Etymology: < -morph- (in metamorphosis n.), perhaps after -morph comb. form. Compare morph v., and slightly earlier morphing n.

1. The action, process, or technique of changing one image into another by morphing (morphing n.); an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1991 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 4 Mar. The ad uses a new computer-generated technique—‘morphs’—in which images are metamorphosized in real time.

1992 Times 23 Dec. 10/5 The vampire's transformation is drenched in blood, as if to cancel out the effortless skill of his ‘morph’ from man to beast.

1993 Times 30 Oct. (Mag.) 18/1 This film..would record each day of her life in a still image to be run together to make a continual morph effect.

1995 Sci. Amer. Apr. 80/2 In a computerized transmutation..known as a morph..a forbidding Leonardo transforms into a smiling Mona Lisa.

2. An image or character created by morphing.

ΚΠ

1982 T. Hart et al. Take Hart 2 You'll find all the familiar faces..of Morph, Auggie the dinosaur, Bookworm and of course..Mr Bennett.]

1992 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 30/7 The ‘morphs’ have a photo-realistic appearance, because the computer transforms shadows and reflections.

1995 Denver Post 22 Jan. f10/5 ‘Remake’..is a short novel about the new cyber Hollywood where morphs of past stars in past films are replacing the film industry.

2000 M. Albo Hornito 125 He has huge hands and holds them out, heavily, cutting the air in a manly manner, like a morph of surfer and father.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

morphv.

Brit.

/mɔːf/, U.S.

/mɔrf/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metamorphosis n.

Etymology: < -morph- (in metamorphosis n.), perhaps after -morph comb. form. Compare morph n.⁵, and slightly earlier morphing n.

a. transitive. To alter or transform (a computerized image) by morphing (morphing n.); to change (an image) smoothly into another using computer animation techniques.

ΚΠ

1982 Re; Killing Umbers in net.games.rogue (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Sept. A staff of polymorph can help too if you morph him into something ‘easy’.

1991 Computer Pictures (Nexis) Apr. Every object in the scene..can be animated. 3-D objects can be scaled, squashed even morphed into other objects.

1993 New Scientist 13 Mar. 20/3 The characters can be transformed or ‘morphed’ on screen. For example, when Mario tells lies to a viewer, his nose can be made to grow like Pinocchio's.

1995 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 20/3 A restless camera..rushes through the passages of a lakeside sand-castle..or ‘morphs’ a rural landscape into a magical garden inhabited by unicorns.

b. intransitive. To undergo transformation by morphing.

ΚΠ

1998 Church Times 22 May 14/4 The Mother Teresa ‘nun-bun’ site, at which a picture of the nun morphs into pastry said to bear her likeness.

2. In extended use.

a. intransitive. To undergo transformation as if by morphing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)]

wortheOE

awendOE

golOE

turnc1275

changec1300

runc1384

to run into ——c1384

fare1398

writhea1400

transmewc1400

returnc1475

transume1480

convert1549

transform1597

remove1655

transeate1657

transmute1675

make1895

metamorphose1904

shapeshift1927

metamorphize1943

metamorphosize1967

morph1992

1992 i-D July 27/1 Behind the screen are performers, actors and operatic singers, who ‘morph’ in and out of these virtual worlds.

1993 Spin Apr. 44/3 Industrial is about as nebulous a term as you can find for a genre of music that's constantly morphing.

1994 Guardian 31 Aug. i. 1/2 A series about a group of teenagers able to ‘morph’ into crime-fighting Power Rangers.

2000 Times 12 Jan. i. 2/7 As the session proceeded my suspicion grew that we were hallucinating and Keith Hill would morph into a big grey squid.

b. transitive. To change (a person or thing) into something different, esp. though a series of rapid transitional phases.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)]

wendOE

forshapeOE

workOE

awendOE

makec1175

turna1200

forwenda1325

change1340

shape1362

transmewc1374

transposec1380

puta1382

convertc1384

exchangea1400

remue?a1400

makea1425

reduce?a1425

removec1425

resolvea1450

transvertc1450

overchangec1480

mew1512

transmutea1513

wring1524

reduct1548

transform1556

innovate1561

metamorphose1576

transume1579

metamorphize1587

transmove1590

transchangea1599

transfashion1601

deflect1613

fordo1624

entail1628

transmutate1632

distila1637

to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637

transqualify1652

unconvert1654

simulate1658

spend1668

transverse1687

hocus-pocus1774

mutate1796

fancy1801

to change around1871

metamorphosize1888

catalyse1944

morph1996

1996 Face Sept. 199/1 Her compulsive exercising and surgery to morph her body into whatever shape is required..point to her need to belong.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> see also

also refers to : -morphcomb. form

n.¹1681

n.²1906

n.³1947

n.⁴1955

n.⁵1991

v.1982

单词	morph
释义	† morphn.¹ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: Latin morphea ; morphew n. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin morphea (see morphew n.) with omission of the ending, or shortened < morphew n. Obsolete. rare. = morphew n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > skin disorders > [noun] > scurfy or scabby state or disease scurfc1000 scabc1250 scallc1374 lepraa1398 morphoeaa1398 scalledness1398 morphewa1400 scabiesc1400 scale14.. scruff14.. shellsc1400 rove?c1450 scabnessc1450 scabbedness1483 scaldness1527 scurfinessa1529 scaledness1530 dandruff1545 skalfering1561 bran1574 room1578 reefa1585 scabbiness1584 scald1598 skilfers1599 scabiosity1608 scalliness1610 scaliness1611 furfur1621 morph1681 pityriasis1684 psoriasis1684 porrigo1706 scaly tetter1799 motley dandruff1822 scale-skin1822 parapsoriasis1903 dander- 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vi. i. 131 A Wilk..being burnt..and mixed with old Oil..is an admirable Remedy against Baldness and Morph of long standing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). morphn.² Brit. /mɔːf/, U.S. /mɔrf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphine n. Etymology: Shortened < morphine n. U.S. slang. = morphine n.In quot. 1912: a person addicted to morphine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > alkaloids > [noun] > morphine morphine1817 morph1906 Ma1912 1906 H. Green At Actors' Boarding House 196 The old morph, y'know. 1912 Collier's 21 Sept. 20/2 White ‘dope fiends’, known in the vernacular of the police as ‘hops’, ‘cokes’, or ‘morphs’. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xii. 160 About a spoonful of water and some of their meager store of ‘morph’ were put in the tin box. 1956 H. Gold Man who was not with It viii. 65 No morph, no! I had really kicked that one, and would do my own traveling from now on. 1969 J. K. Baxter Coll. Poems (1980) 444 I think she must be well stoned On coke or morph. 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy i. 3 What you after, mate? I've got smack, morph, powder and amps,..and a bit of coke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morphn.³ Brit. /mɔːf/, U.S. /mɔrf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morpheme n. Etymology: Shortened < morpheme n. Linguistics. A discrete phonological unit representing a minimal and indivisible morphological entity, esp. considered as constituting the realization of a morpheme (see morpheme n. (b)); any of two or more possible realizations of a morpheme; an allomorph (allomorph n.²).Also with modifying word, as portmanteau morph, etc.: see portmanteau n. Compounds 2c. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > morph or allomorph morpheme alternant1942 allomorph1945 morph1947 allomorphy1955 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > relating to morphs or allomorphs morph1947 allomorphic1949 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > morph or allomorph > specific portmanteau morph1947 1947 C. F. Hockett in Language 23 322 Recurrent partials not composed of smaller ones (-way) are alternants or morphs... Every utterance is composed entirely of morphs. 1948 P. K. Benedict in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 68 185 This nomenclature has obvious advantages from a systematic point of view, and might well be extended to morphology, with the ‘morph’ as the descriptive unit, and the ‘allomorph’ as the member of a morpheme. 1952 C. E. Bazell in E. P. Hamp et al. Readings in Linguistics II (1966) 274 The term morpheme..was used both for the narrower modern concept and for that of the morpheme-alternant or (in American usage) the morph. 1955 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1954 69 Synthetic classification of morphs is implied in the very procedure of defining their morphemic values. For it is on account of their membership in different substitution-classes (selections), that morphs are assigned their different morphemic values. 1960 Amer. Speech 35 218 He [sc. Hoenigswald] believes sound change to be due to nothing but complete borrowing of morphs between only sub-phonemically differing dialects. 1965 Language 41 420 The markers of case are almost always portmanteau morphs that are also involved in expressing other categories..of the noun phrase. 1972 Hiberno-Eng. Dial. Questionnaire 1 Some of the principal morphs found in polysyllables are..included in the questionnaire. 1992 Word 43 i. 63 The simplest way to establish genetic relationship is by identifying a large number of similar morphs (or allomorphs)..in similar environments in the languages. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1947 Language 23 337 Intonational morphs..are found spread through such morphs or morph-sequences as yes, I know, no, maybe, [etc.]. 1953 C. E. Bazell Ling. Form ii. 22 The term [sc. morphophonemics] has also more recently been used for the study of morph-structure proper. 1962 H. M. Hoenigswald in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 107 Is it reasonable..to consider the sentence intonations of English on a par with the segmental morph-morphemes? 1964 E. Bach Introd. Transformational Gram. vi. 130 The P rules will operate to select the proper morph shapes and allophones. 1972 Archivum Linguisticum 3 49 There is a regular phonological rule in Nzema and Ahanta which voices certain morph-initial obstruents if they are preceded by a vowel or nasal consonant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morphn.⁴ Brit. /mɔːf/, U.S. /mɔrf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: morphism n. Etymology: Shortened < morphism n. (see quot. 1955¹). Biology. A variant form of an animal or plant produced by genetic differences; any of the distinct forms present in a polymorphic population. In later use also: each of the different forms exhibited by an animal or plant in the course of its life cycle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > occurrence of variant forms > individual polymorpha1897 morph1955 1955 J. S. Huxley in Heredity 9 2 I propose to introduce the term morphism and its derivatives, morphic and morph. 1955 J. S. Huxley in Heredity 9 3 I restrict the term morphism to genetic polymorphism..in which (usually sharply distinct) genetic variants or morphs coexist in temporary or permanent balance within a single interbreeding population in a single spatial region. 1956 J. S. Huxley in Proc. Royal Soc. B. 145 319 Kettlewell..has shown how the melanic morph of the Peppered Moth, Biston betularia,..enjoys a cryptic advantage in industrial areas. 1968 R. D. Martin tr. W. Wickler Mimicry in Plants & Animals vi. 61 Both sexes [of Ityraea nigrocincta] have two morphs, a green form and a yellow form. 1970 Nature 26 Sept. 1368/1 In the autumn the parthenogenetic viviparous morphs of the aphid give birth to nymphs which develop into males and oviparous females. 1978 Watsonia 12 137 The morphs [of Spergula arvensis] differ in the nature of the seedcoat..and in the glandular hairiness of the stems and leaves. 1983 J. R. S. Fincham Genetics xviii. 534 So long as a given morph is few in number compared with the capacity of its preferred niche it will be favoured by selection. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 143 The thrum morph has a short style, anthers at the top of the corolla tube and produces large pollen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morphn.⁵ Brit. /mɔːf/, U.S. /mɔrf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metamorphosis n. Etymology: < -morph- (in metamorphosis n.), perhaps after -morph comb. form. Compare morph v., and slightly earlier morphing n. 1. The action, process, or technique of changing one image into another by morphing (morphing n.); an instance of this. ΚΠ 1991 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 4 Mar. The ad uses a new computer-generated technique—‘morphs’—in which images are metamorphosized in real time. 1992 Times 23 Dec. 10/5 The vampire's transformation is drenched in blood, as if to cancel out the effortless skill of his ‘morph’ from man to beast. 1993 Times 30 Oct. (Mag.) 18/1 This film..would record each day of her life in a still image to be run together to make a continual morph effect. 1995 Sci. Amer. Apr. 80/2 In a computerized transmutation..known as a morph..a forbidding Leonardo transforms into a smiling Mona Lisa. 2. An image or character created by morphing. ΚΠ 1982 T. Hart et al. Take Hart 2 You'll find all the familiar faces..of Morph, Auggie the dinosaur, Bookworm and of course..Mr Bennett.] 1992 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. 30/7 The ‘morphs’ have a photo-realistic appearance, because the computer transforms shadows and reflections. 1995 Denver Post 22 Jan. f10/5 ‘Remake’..is a short novel about the new cyber Hollywood where morphs of past stars in past films are replacing the film industry. 2000 M. Albo Hornito 125 He has huge hands and holds them out, heavily, cutting the air in a manly manner, like a morph of surfer and father. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). morphv. Brit. /mɔːf/, U.S. /mɔrf/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: metamorphosis n. Etymology: < -morph- (in metamorphosis n.), perhaps after -morph comb. form. Compare morph n.⁵, and slightly earlier morphing n. 1. a. transitive. To alter or transform (a computerized image) by morphing (morphing n.); to change (an image) smoothly into another using computer animation techniques. ΚΠ 1982 Re; Killing Umbers in net.games.rogue (Usenet newsgroup) 15 Sept. A staff of polymorph can help too if you morph him into something ‘easy’. 1991 Computer Pictures (Nexis) Apr. Every object in the scene..can be animated. 3-D objects can be scaled, squashed even morphed into other objects. 1993 New Scientist 13 Mar. 20/3 The characters can be transformed or ‘morphed’ on screen. For example, when Mario tells lies to a viewer, his nose can be made to grow like Pinocchio's. 1995 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 20/3 A restless camera..rushes through the passages of a lakeside sand-castle..or ‘morphs’ a rural landscape into a magical garden inhabited by unicorns. b. intransitive. To undergo transformation by morphing. ΚΠ 1998 Church Times 22 May 14/4 The Mother Teresa ‘nun-bun’ site, at which a picture of the nun morphs into pastry said to bear her likeness. 2. In extended use. a. intransitive. To undergo transformation as if by morphing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > be transformed [verb (intransitive)] wortheOE awendOE golOE turnc1275 changec1300 runc1384 to run into ——c1384 fare1398 writhea1400 transmewc1400 returnc1475 transume1480 convert1549 transform1597 remove1655 transeate1657 transmute1675 make1895 metamorphose1904 shapeshift1927 metamorphize1943 metamorphosize1967 morph1992 1992 i-D July 27/1 Behind the screen are performers, actors and operatic singers, who ‘morph’ in and out of these virtual worlds. 1993 Spin Apr. 44/3 Industrial is about as nebulous a term as you can find for a genre of music that's constantly morphing. 1994 Guardian 31 Aug. i. 1/2 A series about a group of teenagers able to ‘morph’ into crime-fighting Power Rangers. 2000 Times 12 Jan. i. 2/7 As the session proceeded my suspicion grew that we were hallucinating and Keith Hill would morph into a big grey squid. b. transitive. To change (a person or thing) into something different, esp. though a series of rapid transitional phases. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] wendOE forshapeOE workOE awendOE makec1175 turna1200 forwenda1325 change1340 shape1362 transmewc1374 transposec1380 puta1382 convertc1384 exchangea1400 remue?a1400 makea1425 reduce?a1425 removec1425 resolvea1450 transvertc1450 overchangec1480 mew1512 transmutea1513 wring1524 reduct1548 transform1556 innovate1561 metamorphose1576 transume1579 metamorphize1587 transmove1590 transchangea1599 transfashion1601 deflect1613 fordo1624 entail1628 transmutate1632 distila1637 to make much (also little, something, nothing, etc.) of1637 transqualify1652 unconvert1654 simulate1658 spend1668 transverse1687 hocus-pocus1774 mutate1796 fancy1801 to change around1871 metamorphosize1888 catalyse1944 morph1996 1996 Face Sept. 199/1 Her compulsive exercising and surgery to morph her body into whatever shape is required..point to her need to belong. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : -morphcomb. form < n.¹1681n.²1906n.³1947n.⁴1955n.⁵1991v.1982 see also
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† morphn.1

morphn.2

morphn.3

Compounds

morphn.4

morphn.5

morphv.

> see also

† morphn.¹

morphn.²

morphn.³

morphn.⁴

morphn.⁵