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transmuting

transmuting is the present participle and gerund of transmute.

Meaning of transmute

Verb

transmute (third-person singular simple present transmutes, present participle transmuting, simple past and past participle transmuted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.
    • The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.

Questions about transmuting

What is transmuting the present participle and gerund of?
Transmuting is the present participle and gerund of transmute.

Words near transmuting in the dictionary

  1. transmuter
  2. transmuters
  3. transmutes
  4. transmutest
  5. transmuteth
  6. transmuting
  7. transmutive
  8. transmutual
  9. transmux
  10. transmuxing
  11. transmyocardial

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