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Definition of Transmew
1. v. t. & i. To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose.
Definition of Transmew
1. Verb. (obsolete) To transmute, change. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Transmew
1. to change to another form or substance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Transmew
1. To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. "To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester." (Sir W. Scott) Origin: F. Transmuer, L. Transmutare. See Transmute. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Transmew
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"Some old book of travels may perhaps elucidate the subject, but I have not
succeeded in the search. To transmew, from transmuer, French. ..."
2. A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words by William Toone (1832)
"Men into stones therewith he could transmew. IBID. TRASH, to cut off or lop the
superfluous branches of trees; probably a corruption of the F. trancher, ..."
3. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott (1908)
"Gramercy for thy sack," said Wamba; " but think'st thou it is lawful for me to
aid you to transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester ? ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... and for long years To other Being my shape and form transmew'd; And this
transforming with such joy I view.d That e'en my sorrows snared I with its ..."
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