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- verb Present participle of
transmogrify .
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Examples
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"transmogrifying" history to say the lightning was tamed in the United
Scientific American Supplement, No. 481, March 21, 1885 Various
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Rather, I propose developing the means for a superhuman intelligence, then augmenting or transmogrifying the human brain into that superhuman intelligence.
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Steve Allen used Mad Libs to warm up the audience on his show, transmogrifying Bob Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory," into "Thanks for the Communist."
Classic TV Writer Helped Invent 'Mad Libs' Stephen Miller 2011
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Or perhaps how Father Junipero Serra once stood on the spot that is now the corner of Avenue of the Stars and Constellation, closed his eyes and struck his staff down three times, then saying with a transmogrifying halo illuminating his face: "Aquí."
John Mirisch: Bait-Switch-Fix: The Westside Subway's Three Act Play John Mirisch 2011
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Or perhaps how Father Junipero Serra once stood on the spot that is now the corner of Avenue of the Stars and Constellation, closed his eyes and struck his staff down three times, then saying with a transmogrifying halo illuminating his face: "Aquí."
John Mirisch: Bait-Switch-Fix: The Westside Subway's Three Act Play John Mirisch 2011
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Her preparation consisted of simultaneously transmogrifying her body into a birthing and milk production machine.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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Steve Allen used Mad Libs to warm up the audience on his show, transmogrifying Bob Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory," into "Thanks for the Communist."
Classic TV Writer Helped Invent 'Mad Libs' Stephen Miller 2011
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Once upon a time in Hollywood, between the collapse of the old studio system and the onset of the present system of transmogrifying movies into global licensing properties, there was a brief period roughly between 1965 and 1975 when Hollywood made some of its most distinctive films.
L.A. Confidential Edward Jay Epstein 2011
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Her preparation consisted of simultaneously transmogrifying her body into a birthing and milk production machine.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: New Moms Jack Canfield 2011
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He deduced that she was a female werewolf, transmogrifying herself into a large wolf at night to attack his sheep.
Dr. Franklin Ruehl, Ph.D.: What Is the Strangest Burial Marker in Existence? Ph.D. Dr. Franklin Ruehl 2011
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