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Transfigure v. t. (past & past part. transfigured; pres. part. transfiguring)

To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the paean of the Marseillaise, the livelier march of Italy, the song of Germany, the Star-Spangled Banner; and long before the band struck into the solemn rhythm of "God save the King," Stella Croyle at all events knew that Calypso had lost. For she saw a flame illumine Luttrell's face and transfigure him. He had slipped out of her reach. The doubts and perplexities which had so troubled him during the last months were now resolved. As he listened to the Hymns, he saw as in a vision the nations advancing abreast over a vast plain like ...

— The Summons • A.E.W. Mason

... one Who mocks at any high behest; My fault being that I kept the throne Of a JOVE vacant in my breast, And when APOLLO claimed the place I was too loyal to my Jove; Unmindful how the masks of love Transfigure ...

— The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems • Frances Fuller Victor

... Wherever the exiled Englishman can find in his new home resemblances to his old one, he is touched to the marrow of his being; the love that is in his heart inspires his imagination, and these allied forces transfigure those resemblances into authentic duplicates of the revered originals. It is beautiful, the feeling which works this enchantment, and it compels one's homage; compels it, and also compels one's assent—compels ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... lifted his head toward the light, while he ran his hand through his hair, and again she saw the look, so like spiritual exaltation, transfigure his face. Before this man, who had sprung from poverty and dirt, who had struggled up by his own force, overcoming and triumphing, fighting and winning, fighting and holding, fighting and losing, but always fighting—before this man, who had been born in a cellar, she felt suddenly ...

— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow

... Japan. The night is velvety; and the moonlight and the starlight transfigure the dolls' house architecture, the warped pine-trees, the feathery bamboo ...

— Kimono • John Paris

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