morph

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   change shape as via computer animation

   In the video, Michael Jackson morphed into a panther.

2. 2
   verb

   cause to change shape in a computer animation

   The computer programmer morphed the image.

Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.

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