'Transfigure' definitions:
Definition of 'transfigure'
(from WordNet)
verb
Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: transfigure, glorify, spiritualize]
verb
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" [syn: metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify]
Definition of 'Transfigure'
From: GCIDE
- Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Transfiguring.] [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See Figure, v. t.]
- 1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to. [1913 Webster]
- [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. --Matt. xvii. 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'transfigure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acculturate,
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- better,
- boost,
- bring forward,
- change,
- civilize,
- commute,
- convert,
- edify,
- educate,
- elevate,
- emend,
- enhance,
- enlighten,
- enrich,
- fatten,
- favor,
- forward,
- foster,
- go straight,
- improve,
- improve upon,
- lard,
- lift,
- make an improvement,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- metabolize,
- metamorphose,
- nurture,
- promote,
- raise,
- refine upon,
- reform,
- socialize,
- straighten out,
- transform,
- translate,
- transmogrify,
- transmute,
- transpose,
- transubstantiate,
- upgrade,
- uplift