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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
transfigure .
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Examples
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This is how the votary of slang transfigures the episode; he wishes to make a little fun out of the hero, and he manages it by employing the tongue which it is good form to use.
The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour James Runciman 1871
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This word transfigures everything, and brings fresh green shoots even from the dry wood of souls defrauded of love and hope.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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It is there that he reveals himself, where he "transfigures" himself.
Archive 2008-02-10 papabear 2008
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As we stood and gazed upon it from the hall door, the distant hills were touched with a soft purple light such as transfigures the Apennines at sunset.
Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
Michael Vlahos: Who Then Shall Mourn Our Drones? Michael Vlahos 2011
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With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
Michael Vlahos: Who Then Shall Mourn Our Drones? Michael Vlahos 2011
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In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born accross the sea, with a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation 2010
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As I said at the outset, William Shakespeare understood people and their failings all too well, and he excelled at the dramatic form that may well be enveloping our nation as it transfigures itself into a modern tragedy.
Michael Russnow: The Election of 2010: Obama Needs Marc Antony to Set it Right Michael Russnow 2010
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With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
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Mike Nelson's work buries the British Pavilion at Venice and transfigures it, with grimy corridors, old doors from Istanbul junkyards, mouldering timber beams, the artist's familiar piles of junk.
Venice Biennale: Mike Nelson's British Pavilion – review 2011
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