From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmetamorphosemet‧a‧mor‧phose /ˌmetəˈmɔːfəʊz $ -ˈmɔːrfoʊz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way → transformmetamorphose into From an easy-going young girl, she had metamorphosed into a neurotic middle-aged woman.→ See Verb table
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metamorphose• Along the way, its reputation metamorphosed.• New shapes sprout and metamorphose before our eyes.• Orphan Lara Cameron metamorphoses into a beautiful property tycoon.• A housewife soul must metamorphose into a full-blown housewife.• Fused, however, they metamorphosed into something that conjured improbable visions.• The place metamorphosed into storage space.• Ruth willed it to metamorphose itself to arsenic.• Abuse it, and the coat will metamorphose itself to thrive on the abuse. 