metamorphize en · VERB
Etymology
From meta- + morph + -ize.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
[T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]
1628, William Prynne, The Vnlouelinesse, of Louelockes. Or, A Summarie Discourse, Proouing: The Wearing, and Nourishing of a Locke, or Loue-locke, to be Altogether Vnseemely, and Vnlawfull unto Christians. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| metamorphizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| metamorphosize | alternative | lexicographic | |
| metamorphized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| metamorphized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| metamorphizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |