as in to transform
to change in form, appearance, or use
the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood
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Recent Examples of transubstantiate
Just as the heat of Trinity forged sand into glass, that same device (and all after it) transubstantiated myth into reality.
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Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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.
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New York Times,
13 Feb. 2020
Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture.
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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.
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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.
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Sherman Alexie,
The New Yorker,
5 June 2017
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for transubstantiate
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This Mini Carey Crossbody Bag transforms from a crossbody bag to a clutch to a shoulder bag.
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New church Less than a generation later, the Protestant Reformation transformed Christianity, dividing Europe and spawning brutal violence.
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Norway’s Jørgen Strand Larsen couldn’t convert a penalty kick after a very slow and hesitant run-up.
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When families contribute the $5,000 maximum per year allowed (which will increase in 2008 because of inflation adjustment), the value of the account could easily exceed $3 million by age 59 1/2 if the account is converted to a Roth IRA after the beneficiary reaches age 24.
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