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Vinony

metamorphosize

verb

  1. to cause to undergo a change of form, nature, or character
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English metamorphose Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English metamorphosize From metamorphose + -ize.

  1. To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.

    “"Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."”