metamorphize

metamorphize
metamorphize (v.) "metamorphose," 1590s, from Gk. meta (see META- (Cf. meta-)) + morphe (see MORPHEUS (Cf. Morpheus)) + -IZE (Cf. -ize). Related: Metamorphized; metamorphizing. Alternative verbal form metamorphosize attested from 1841.

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