Meaning & use
transfigure
To transform someone or something into a more beautiful, exalted, or spiritually elevated form.
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The setting sun seemed to transfigure the old barn into something almost magical.
Grief and time had transfigured him into a quieter, more thoughtful man.
A note on using this word
Transfigure is more literary and elevated than plain transform, and often carries a spiritual sense, as in the biblical Transfiguration.
Words with a similar meaning
transformglorify
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