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C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /trænsˈfɪɡjər/ UK /trænsˈfɪɡə/ See IPA manual

verb

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verb
to transform into something more beautiful or spiritually elevated

Joy seemed to transfigure her tired face the moment she saw them.

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1 verb · to transform into something... transform metamorphose transmute exalt glorify convert

Word family

Derived forms transfigurement transfiguration

Related forms transfigurate figure configure

Etymology

From Old French transfigurer, from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form').

trānsfigūrāre Latin trāns Latin figūra Latin

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# transfigure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** trænsˈfɪɡjər
**IPA (UK):** trænsˈfɪɡə

## Meanings
1. to transform into something more beautiful or spiritually elevated

## Examples
- Joy seemed to transfigure her tired face the moment she saw them.

## Synonyms
- transform
- metamorphose
- transmute
- exalt
- glorify
- convert

## Derived Forms
- transfigurement
- transfiguration

## Related Forms
- transfigurate
- figure
- configure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trānsfigūrāre
- Root: trāns
- Root: figūra

## Etymology
From Old French transfigurer, from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form').

## AI Etymology
Transfigure is from Old French transfigurer, from Latin trānsfigūrāre ('to change in shape'), from trāns ('across') + figūra ('shape, form'). Important recorded forms include trānsfigūrāre (Latin), trāns (Latin), and figūra (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to transform into something more beautiful or spiritually elevated. The wider family includes derived forms such as transfigurement and transfiguration and related words such as transfigurate, figure, and configure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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