metamorphize

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ morph +‎ -ize.

Verb

metamorphize (third-person singular simple present metamorphizes, present participle metamorphizing, simple past and past participle metamorphized)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
   • 1628, William Prynne, The Vnlouelinesse, of Louelockes. Or, A Summarie Discourse, Proouing: The Wearing, and Nourishing of a Locke, or Loue-locke, to be Altogether Vnseemely, and Vnlawfull unto Christians. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 1:

     [T]hoſe Laſciuious, Immodeſt, VVhoriſh, or vngodly Faſhions, and Attires, vvhich Metamorphiſe, and Transforme, our Light, and Giddie Females of the Superior and Gentile ranke, into ſundry Antique, Horred, and Out-landiſh ſhapes, from day, to day: […]

Derived terms

• metamorphization

References

• “metamorphize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “metamorphize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.