transfigure

Today's Word August 3, 2019

Definition: (verb) Change completely the nature or appearance of.
Synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify.
Usage: To you, my friend, she would have appeared a hideous and ugly creature, but to me she was beautiful—so gloriously does love transfigure its object.
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