transmutativeadj.
/trɑːnzˈmjuːtətɪv/, /tranzˈmjuːtətɪv/, /trɑːnsˈmjuːtətɪv/, /transˈmjuːtətɪv/, U.S. /trænzˈmjudədɪv/, /træn(t)sˈmjudədɪv/ Having the quality of transmuting; tending to transmute; characterized by transmutation.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [adjective] > transforming
transmuting1579
metamorphosing1607
transmutative1611
leavening1628
transmutatorya1631
transforminga1653
conversive1656
convertive1816
metamorphotic1826
transmutive1836
transfiguring1846
transmogrifying1851
permutating1852
transfigurating1871
transfigurative1899
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 456/1 The great Elixar..hath so transmutatiue a faculty, as to make Copper seeme Gold.
1781 Westm. Mag. 9 73 A kind of coagulation which may be called transmutative.
1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. ii. 50 How little do we mark the effects of Time in ourselves; how suddenly and deeply are we struck by its transmutative touch in others.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 5 A generative, motive, or transmutative force.
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