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Webster 1913 Edition
Transfigure
Trans-fig′ure
(?; 135)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Transfigured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transfiguring
.] [F. ]
transfigurer
, L. transfigurare
, transfiguratum
; trans
across, over + figurare
to form, shape. See Figure
, Verb.
T.
1.
To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
2.
Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to.
[Jesus] was
transfigured
before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. Matt. xvii. 2.
Webster 1828 Edition
Transfigure
TRANSFIG'URE
,Verb.
T.
--And was transfigured before them. Matt. 17.
Definition 2024
transfigure
transfigure
See also: transfiguré
English
Verb
transfigure (third-person singular simple present transfigures, present participle transfiguring, simple past and past participle transfigured)
- To transform the outward appearance of something; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
- To glorify or exalt something or someone.
Translations
transform the outward appearance
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glorify, exalt
Related terms
- transfigurate
- transfiguration
- transfigurative
- transfigurement
- transfiguringly
French
Verb
transfigure
- first-person singular present indicative of transfigurer
- third-person singular present indicative of transfigurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transfigurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transfigurer
- second-person singular imperative of transfigurer
Latin
Participle
transfigūre
- vocative masculine singular of transfigūrus
Spanish
Verb
transfigure
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transfigurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transfigurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transfigurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of transfigurar.