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METAMORPHOSE

\mˌɛtəmˈɔːfə͡ʊz], \mˌɛtəmˈɔːfə‍ʊz], \m_ˌɛ_t_ə_m_ˈɔː_f_əʊ_z]\

Definitions of METAMORPHOSE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Same as Metamorphosis.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Same as Metamorphosis.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To change into a different form.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To transform.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To change the form of; transmute.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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