Thesaurus results for TRANSFIGURES

transfigures

verb

Definition of transfigures next

present tense third-person singular of transfigure

as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use married life has seemingly transfigured his formerly aimless existence

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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

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transforms

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Even as the film transforms into a murky crime saga defined by its striking, gloomy environment, it is buoyed by the dramatic radiance of this tragic contradiction, born of decades (and centuries) of the Kinnar’s survival mechanism.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2026
Tatcha’s silky gel formula transforms into a lush lather with a little water, shrinking the appearance of pores and laying the foundation for sunscreen and makeup or your nighttime skin-care routine.

— Sarah Felbin, Allure, 20 May 2026