transmut

a. [ Cf. F. transmutable. See Transmute. ] Capable of being transmuted or changed into a different substance, or into into something of a different form a nature; transformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fluids and solids of an animal body are easily transmutable into one another. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Trans*mut"a*ble*ness, n. -- Trans*mut"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. transmutation, L. transmutatio. See Transmute. ] 1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted; as, the transmutation of metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is assumed to take place in any development theory of life; transformism. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Transmutation of metals (Alchem.), the conversion of base metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by the alchemists. See Alchemy, and Philosopher's stone, under Philosopher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transmuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transmuting. ] [ L. transmutare, transmutatum; trans across + mutare to change. See Mutable, and cf. Transmew. ] To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another; to transform. [ 1913 Webster ]

The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends transmute us into idols. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]

Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy. H. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who transmutes. [ 1913 Webster ]