transfigures

present tense third-person singular of transfigure

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Recent Examples of transfigures But the filmmaker’s imagination transfigures personal history into something not of this world, wholly original, and uniquely demented. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 Henrot transfigures her erotic source material into something else. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfigures
transforms
Verb
  • According to some scholarly media critics, the plethora of popular portrayals of polygamy in the FLDS and related groups transforms the subject into a sensationalist spectacle.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Under Davis’ Measure J-R-D, any development that transforms open or agricultural land to urban space requires voter approval.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Transfigures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfigures. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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