transmogrify

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: trans=mog=ri=fy

CIDE DICTIONARY

transmogrify, v. t. [A humorous coinage.].

 To change into a different shape; to transform.  Fielding.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

transmogrify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied) joc. transform, esp. in a magical or surprising manner.

Derivative

transmogrification n.

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

ROGET THESAURUS

transmogrify

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.