metamorphose

met·a·mor·phose

M0247100 (mĕt′ə-môr′fōz′, -fōs′)v. met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es v.tr.1. To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London). See Synonyms at convert.2. To cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.v.intr.1. To be changed or transformed: "the man whom he would be if he could become, metamorphose into, the lover, the husband" (William Faulkner).2. To undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.

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[French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphōsis; see metamorphosis.]

metamorphose

(ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz) vbto undergo or cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism

met•a•mor•phose

(ˌmɛt əˈmɔr foʊz, -foʊs)

v. -phosed, -phos•ing. v.t. 1. to change the form or nature of; transform. 2. to subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism. v.i. 3. to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature. [1570–80; back formation from metamorphosis]

metamorphose

Past participle: metamorphosed
Gerund: metamorphosing

Imperative
metamorphose
metamorphose

Present
I metamorphose
you metamorphose
he/she/it metamorphoses
we metamorphose
you metamorphose
they metamorphose

Preterite
I metamorphosed
you metamorphosed
he/she/it metamorphosed
we metamorphosed
you metamorphosed
they metamorphosed

Present Continuous
I am metamorphosing
you are metamorphosing
he/she/it is metamorphosing
we are metamorphosing
you are metamorphosing
they are metamorphosing

Present Perfect
I have metamorphosed
you have metamorphosed
he/she/it has metamorphosed
we have metamorphosed
you have metamorphosed
they have metamorphosed

Past Continuous
I was metamorphosing
you were metamorphosing
he/she/it was metamorphosing
we were metamorphosing
you were metamorphosing
they were metamorphosing

Past Perfect
I had metamorphosed
you had metamorphosed
he/she/it had metamorphosed
we had metamorphosed
you had metamorphosed
they had metamorphosed

Future
I will metamorphose
you will metamorphose
he/she/it will metamorphose
we will metamorphose
you will metamorphose
they will metamorphose

Future Perfect
I will have metamorphosed
you will have metamorphosed
he/she/it will have metamorphosed
we will have metamorphosed
you will have metamorphosed
they will have metamorphosed

Future Continuous
I will be metamorphosing
you will be metamorphosing
he/she/it will be metamorphosing
we will be metamorphosing
you will be metamorphosing
they will be metamorphosing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been metamorphosing
you have been metamorphosing
he/she/it has been metamorphosing
we have been metamorphosing
you have been metamorphosing
they have been metamorphosing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been metamorphosing
you will have been metamorphosing
he/she/it will have been metamorphosing
we will have been metamorphosing
you will have been metamorphosing
they will have been metamorphosing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been metamorphosing
you had been metamorphosing
he/she/it had been metamorphosing
we had been metamorphosing
you had been metamorphosing
they had been metamorphosing

Conditional
I would metamorphose
you would metamorphose
he/she/it would metamorphose
we would metamorphose
you would metamorphose
they would metamorphose

Past Conditional
I would have metamorphosed
you would have metamorphosed
he/she/it would have metamorphosed
we would have metamorphosed
you would have metamorphosed
they would have metamorphosed

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	metamorphose - 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"transmogrify, transfigurechange by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
	2.	metamorphose - change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"transmute, transformchange - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"aurify - transform into goldbecome, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

metamorphose

verb transform, change, alter, remake, convert, remodel, mutate, reshape, be reborn, transmute, transfigure, transmogrify (jocular), transubstantiate She had been metamorphosed by the war.

metamorphose

verb1. To change into a different form, substance, or state:convert, mutate, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate.2. To bring about a radical change in:revolutionize, transform.

Translations

verwandelntrasformare