Meaning & use
transmuter
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A person or thing that transmutes, or changes something into a different form or substance.
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Alchemists imagined themselves as transmuters of base metal into gold.
The novel's villain claimed to be a transmuter of souls.
A note on using this word
Rare outside literary, fantasy, or alchemical contexts; rooted in 'transmute,' from the Latin 'transmutare,' meaning 'to change thoroughly.'
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transformerconverter
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