Definition of "metamorphose" [met•a•mor•phose]

• To change into a wholly different form or appearance; transform: "His eyes turned bloodshot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend” ( Jack London). (verb-transitive)
• To subject to metamorphosis or metamorphism. (verb-transitive)
• To be changed or transformed by or as if by metamorphosis or metamorphism. See Synonyms at convert. (verb-intransitive)

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• "This helped my pain metamorphose into something less personal and more universal, something organic and natural."
• "I've always functioned under the impression that part of being a good citizen is caring for our fellow citizens, but to hear the pundit class parse and metamorphose this issue from a moral imperative into a collision of classes, it's apparently anything but."
• "As the day progressed, "The Maltese Unicorn" began to metamorphose from joke to viable story concept."