transfigure

1 elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: glorify, spiritualize]

2 change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" [syn: metamorphose, transmogrify]

English

Verb

1. To transform the outward appearance of something; to convert into a different form, state or substance.
2. To glorify or exalt something or someone.

Related terms

• transfigurate
• transfiguration
• transfigurative
• transfigurement

Transfiguration may refer to:

• Transfiguration of Jesus, an event reported by the Synoptic Gospels in which Jesus underwent transfiguration
• Transfiguration (Raphael), a painting depicting the Transfiguration of Jesus
• Transfiguration (in religion), a transformation of a man into something else, like transformation of Enoch into an angel in the Book of Enoch.
• Transfiguration, a subject taught at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the fictional Harry Potter universe
• "Transfiguration" (song), a song by M. Ward from his 2003 album Transfiguration of Vincent
• "Transfiguration" (album), an album by Henry Jackman, released on KPM
• "The Transfiguration" (song), a song by Sufjan Stevens about the story of the transfiguration of Jesus from his 2004 album Seven Swans

See also

• Church of the Transfiguration
• Transfigurations (TNG episode)
• teleportation

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