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verb
To change one substance into another; to transmute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To change the bread and wine of the Eucharist into the body and blood of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: Christianity
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verb
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: transform, transmute
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
Narrower terms: transubstantiate, sorcerize, sorcerise, stalinize, stalinise, destalinize, destalinise, work, work on, process
verb
change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: transform, transmute, transubstantiate
History
From tran- + substantiate.
Across languages
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