transmute
verb
[ tranzˈmjuːt ]
• change in form, nature, or substance.
• "the raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories"
Similar:
change,
alter,
adapt,
modify,
transform,
transfigure,
convert,
metamorphose,
mutate,
reconstruct,
remake,
recast,
reorganize,
translate,
transmogrify,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin transmutare, from trans- ‘across’ + mutare ‘to change’.
