transubstantiate(v = verb.change) transform, transmute - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
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modify Derived form nountransubstantiation2 Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something Somebody ----s somebody Something ----s somebody Something ----s something
transubstantiate, v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.].
To change into another substance. [1913 Webster]
"The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall."
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To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. [1913 Webster]