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transfigure

/tɹænsˈfɪɡə(ɹ)/US/tɹænsˈfɪɡjɚ/

transfigure verb: to transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.

Verb

transfigure (third-person singular simple present transfigures, present participle transfiguring, simple past and past participle transfigured)

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

transfigure meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

transfigure in Tamil

வெளித்தோற்றத்தை மாற்று, உருமாற்று, வேற்றுருவாக்கு, விகாரமாக்கு, உயர்நிலைப் படுத்து

transfigure in Urdu

عظمت دینا, پوجنا

transfigure in Malayalam

transmute, transform, change
രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുത്തുക, രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുക, രൂപം മാറ്റുക, പരിണമിപ്പിക്കുക, രൂപപരിണാമം വരുത്തുക, രൂപോത്കർഷം വരുത്തുക

transfigure in Kannada

ಮರುಪರಿಜು ಮಾಡು, ಪರಿಜು ಮಾರು
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transfigure in Tagalog
ibalatkayo

Synonyms of transfigure

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All synonyms of transfigure

Forms of transfigure

third-person singular presenttransfigures
present participletransfiguring
past participletransfigured
pasttransfigured

Origin of transfigure

From Old French transfigurer.

Words formed from transfigure

Questions about transfigure

What does transfigure mean?
Transfigure means to transform the outward appearance of; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
What is transfigure in Tamil?
Transfigure in Tamil is வெளித்தோற்றத்தை மாற்று, உருமாற்று, வேற்றுருவாக்கு. See Transfigure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is transfigure?
Transfigure is a verb.
How do you pronounce transfigure?
Transfigure is pronounced /tɹænsˈfɪɡjɚ/ (US).
What is the past tense of transfigure?
The past tense of transfigure is transfigured.

Words near transfigure in the dictionary

  1. transfigurates
  2. transfigurating
  3. transfiguration
  4. transfigurations
  5. transfigurative
  6. transfigure
  7. transfigured
  8. transfigurement
  9. transfigurements
  10. transfigures
  11. transfigurest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: transfigure (page history and authors); transfigure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transfigure (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transfigure (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); transfigure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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