transfigures

verb

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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  • An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • How this potent mix of pollutants transforms over time and distance is a complex puzzle.
    — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Transfigures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfigures. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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