0 present participle of transmute --
1 to change something completely, especially into something different and better: --
Less frequently used capabilities include splitting atomic nuclei and manipulating subatomic particles (thereby transmuting chemical elements).
The goose, it is learned, is transmuting one naturally occurring isotope of oxygen into gold.
Much of the musical material focuses on transmuting the timbre of the instrument, often on a single pitch.
The process of treatment proceeds through transmuting internalizations in which the patient gradually internalizes the selfobject functions provided by the therapist.
These alchemists were more concerned with medical elixirs than with transmuting lead into gold.
The secret of transmuting one element into another, specifically base metals into gold or silver, was equally explored by both schools for obvious reasons.
In 1932, they bombarded lithium with high energy neutrons, electrons and protons and succeeded in transmuting it into helium and other chemical elements.
The song was also pivotal in transmuting folk rock into the new musical forms of psychedelia and raga rock.
