Meaning & use
transmogrify
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To transform something into a different shape or form, especially in a strange, surprising, or magical way.
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In the story, an ordinary garden shed transmogrifies into a spaceship at midnight.
Years of overwork gradually transmogrified his optimism into cynicism.
A note on using this word
Almost always used with a hint of humor, whimsy, or fantasy rather than in neutral, technical descriptions of change.
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