transmute means To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why this word is great
TRANSMUTE — [Verb] To change or alter something from one nature, form, or substance into another. From Latin trānsmūtāre, from trans ("across, beyond") + mūtāre ("to change"). Unlike transform, which implies a shift in outward shape, or convert, which suggests a change in function or creed, transmute denotes a fundamental, alchemical shift in inner substance. It is the leaden ingot becoming gold in the crucible’s dream, the slow geological pressure turning carbon into diamond, and the quiet, enzymatic magic where a fallen apple becomes the scent of loam. Every true transmutation is a quiet erasure of what something was to make it irreversibly something else.
verb
- To change or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.“The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.”