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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as metamorphic.

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  • adjective metamorphic

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  • adjective of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks)
  • adjective produced by metamorphosis

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Examples

  • To metamorphous an inner wish, to undo the done, to fly.

    Meaning of Life # 18 Sean Lovelace 2011

  • To metamorphous an inner wish, to undo the done, to fly.

    Meaning of Life # 18 Sean Lovelace 2011

  • The talk, I hear on MC now is slowly changing (as it should) to lesser expat traffic and this (without the panic) will, in the long run, be a tough metamorphous brought on by an overdue economic reality check.

    The economy is turning sour in Lerdo 2008

  • The metamorphous stage of turning an idea into something people can appreciate and admire is truly an art form.

    Blog De Ganz | Archive | April 2008

  • Though it has dimmed in recent years due to a series of bizarre lifestyle choices, most notable of which is a metamorphous plastic face, his gargantuan talent and musical body of work will likely prove enough to secure him a glowing post-mortem legacy.

    Ahmed Rehab: Michael Jackson: Why He's More Adored than Shakespeare 2009

  • Mark Penn may have mismanaged the campaign, but Clinton cannot blame her metamorphous into the Happy Warrior entirely on him.

    Clinton -- The Happy Warrior 2008

  • The metamorphous began under Reagan, is fueled by the modern media, and is being perfected by Bush.

    Balkinization 2004

  • Besides amending his troop level deliberations from "I listen to the Generals," to "I listen to the Generals as long as they say what I want them to say," the most egregious bovine excrement came when President Bush was asked how it was that he could say "Absolutely, we're winning" two months ago and then make the subtle metamorphous to "we aren't winning" today.

    DOES HE EVEN LISTEN TO HIS OWN BULLSHIT? 2006

  • The metamorphous began under Reagan, is fueled by the modern media, and is being perfected by Bush.

    Balkinization 2004

  • They are variable mixtures of the metamorphous carbonates of protoxide of iron and lime.

    Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

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