Transmuting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transmute \Trans*mute"\, 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.


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           The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
           friends transmute us into idols.         --Buckminster.
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           Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
           Free from alloy.                         --H. Smith.
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