transmogrify

UK: /trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ/ US: (trans mog′rə fī′, tranz-)

Inflections of 'transmogrify' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

transmogrifies

v 3rd person singular

transmogrifying

v pres p

transmogrified

v past

transmogrified

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

trans•mog•ri•fy  (trans mog′rə fī′, tranz-), v.t., -fied, -fy•ing. 

1. to change in appearance or form, esp. strangely or grotesquely;
   transform.

• 1650–60; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with trans-, -ify

trans•mog′ri•fi•ca ′tion, n. 

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transmogrify / trænzˈmɒɡrɪˌfaɪ/ verb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)

1. (transitive) to change or transform into a different shape, esp a grotesque or bizarre one

Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin

transˌmogrifiˈcation noun