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met·a·mor·phose  (m  t   -môr  f  z , -f s ) KEY VERB: met·a·mor·phosed, met·a·mor·phos·ing, met·a·mor·phos·es VERB: tr.
- To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend" (Jack London).
- To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism.
VERB: intr.- To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism. See Synonyms at convert.
ETYMOLOGY:French métamorphoser, from Old French, from metamorphose, metamorphosis, from Latin metamorphsis ; see metamorphosis
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