Used in a Sentence

transfigured

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for transfigured.

Editorial note

Visions of everything transfigured and rendered strange by technology or sheer cultural drift over time are less popular.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.

Meaning at a glance

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verb

(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.

verb

(transitive) To glorify or exalt.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for transfigured.

verb

(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.

verb

(transitive) To glorify or exalt.

Example sentences

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Visions of everything transfigured and rendered strange by technology or sheer cultural drift over time are less popular.

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A wonderful quietness would decend on the surrounding countryside, peaceful and serene, eminating from this transfigured man.

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Here, the cross with Christ nailed to it is transfigured into the new Tree of Life.

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When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form...

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Based on it being in Kansas, it could have a fun lore to the wonderful Land of Oz with transfigured beings.

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The prophecy on Matthew 16:28 was fulfilled in Matthew 17 when Peter, James and John saw Jesus Christ transfigured in his glory.

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It was the Crucifixion that took that scapegoating impulse and transfigured it.

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It also must assess the value of far, far more nebulous things that can be hidden, transfigured, created/destroyed, or moved offshore.

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I Transfigured part of the eraser without changing the whole thing.

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Good points, but I would just add once I ate almost nothing but salad and salmon or sardines for two weeks and it completely transfigured my physiology in a way that continues to astound me.

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Many things are transfigured (transformed) by starting first with a subject, like turning beetles into buttons, and some effects wear off (a lot of magic is non-permanent), so here it would make more sense to use actual buttons for clothing.

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She's dressed in glowing white sparkly clothes, has translucent sparkly wings, a wand with a star on the end that is clearly a magic wand, is surrounded by sparkles, transfigured Pinocchio, and it looks like she travels in some sort of amorphous flowing light blob.

Quote examples

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In this case, you've somehow transfigured substantially reducing the cost of credit into "creating global poverty".

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And that logic transfigured itself in the "web 2.0" and "social" era to something like the following: grow business to X (where X is large) users, posit that even a tiny per-user monetization (say $1 or cents) still results in large revenues, wait for investments.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use transfigured in a sentence?

Visions of everything transfigured and rendered strange by technology or sheer cultural drift over time are less popular.

What does transfigured mean?

(transitive) To transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.

What part of speech is transfigured?

transfigured is commonly used as verb.