transpeciatev.
/trɑːnˈspiːʃɪeɪt//tranˈspiːʃɪeɪt/ Now rare.
transitive. To change into a different form or species; to transform.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > in form or appearance
makec1175
transfigurea1340
transformc1340
overcasta1387
translatea1393
shapec1400
resolvea1450
transfigurate?a1475
fashion1528
converta1530
to bless into1534
redact1554
trans-shape1575
deduce1587
star1606
deducta1627
Pythagorize1631
to run into ——a1640
transpeciate1643
transmogrify1656
throw1824
transfeature1875
squirm1876
recontour1913
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §30 I do not credit..that the Devil hath a power to transpeciate a man into a Horse. View more context for this quotation
1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 77 Revived and transpeciated into a quite different and highly useful form.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Transpeciated,..changed from one species to another.
1894 G. S. Hall in Forum (N.Y.) May 309 There is no better test of educational institutions..than..how far the lower has been transpeciated into the higher.
Derivatives
transpeciˈation n. transformation; change from one form or species into another.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > [noun] > changing in shape or form
metamorphosis1447
translatingc1454
metamorphosy1532
transfiguration1548
metamorphose1608
trans-shape1611
tranation1654
transfigurement1865
transpeciation1867
shape-shifting1884
neomorphism1888
trans-shaping1909
1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind 164 Transpeciation is a word used by Sir Thomas Brown which might be found useful at the present day.
1870 H. Maudsley Body & Mind 175 For the exaltation and transpeciation of force and material.
1883 H. Maudsley Body & Will ii. iii. 132 First, that there has been what we may call a nisus of evolution in nature, and, secondly, that progressive transpeciations of matter have been events of it.
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