transubstantiate

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tran·sub·stan·ti·ate | \ ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt

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transubstantiated; transubstantiating

Definition of transubstantiate

transitive verb

1 : to effect transubstantiation in (sacramental bread and wine)

2 : to change into another substance : transmute

intransitive verb

: to undergo transubstantiation

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the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood

Recent Examples on the Web But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value. — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020 Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture. — Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019 Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2017 And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017

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“Transubstantiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transubstantiate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.

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