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   Word of the Day for Friday November 23, 2001:

   transmute \trans-MYOOT; tranz-\, transitive verb:
   To  change  from  one  nature,  form, substance, or state into
   another; to transform.

   intransitive verb:
   To undergo transmutation.

     [I]t now seems as if she no longer had the strength or will
     to transmute life into art.
     --Christopher  Lehmann-Haupt, "Changes Not for the Better,"
     [1]New York Times, February 28, 1974

     Sand  that  once  was  rock  becomes  rock once again as it
     slowly  sediments  and compresses into layers of sandstone,
     which, in turn, transmute into sand.
     --Lena  Lencek and Gideon Bosker, [2]The Beach: The History
     of Paradise on Earth
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   Transmute is from Latin transmutare, "to change utterly," from
   trans-, "across" + mutare, "to change."

References

   1. http://www.nytimes.com/
   2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811826503/ref=nosim/lexico


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