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Jun. 17, 2014
Word of the Day

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\trans-FIG-yer or, esp. British, -FIG-er\
verb
1. to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
2. to change so as to glorify or exalt.
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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, 1836
Origin
Transfigure came to English in the 14th century from the Lati... See full origin
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