Transmute
Pronunciation : Trans*mute"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable, and cf. Transmew.]
Definition : Defn: To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform. The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster. Transmuting sorrow into golden joy Free from alloy. H. Smith.
t. [imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913