verb
1. change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transubstantiation
• Topics: ↑Christianity, ↑Christian religion
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
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This experience transformed her completely
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She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
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transubstantiate one element into another
• Derivationally related forms: ↑transubstantiation, ↑transmutation (for: ↑transmute), ↑transformation (for: ↑transform)
• Hyponyms:
↑sorcerize, ↑sorcerise, ↑stalinize, ↑stalinise, ↑destalinize, ↑destalinise, ↑work, ↑work on, ↑process
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.