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   metamorphose

   /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəʊz/

   verb

   • 1. (of an insect or amphibian) undergo metamorphosis, especially into the adult form: "feed the larvae to your fish before they metamorphose into adults"
   • ▪ change or cause to change completely in form or nature: "overnight, family houses metamorphose into bed and breakfast as 7,000 visitors roll into town"
   • 2. subject (rock) to metamorphism: "the extreme heat metamorphosed the sandstone, baking it white and producing a quartzite rock"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French métamorphoser, from métamorphose (see metamorphosis).

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