transfigure

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Like the calligraphy on display, these pictures transfigure Indian inspirations and Chinese interpretations into something that is uniquely Japanese.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

And so Baca began to transfigure his firsthand accounts from 25 years of institutionalization, six of them in federal prison, into the lyrical fabric of the film.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2023

These phenomena transfigure copyrights, patents, and trademarks into subjects of everyday importance.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2022

In the video, Ms. Gaignard sings on, unperturbed, all the while recording the experience to transfigure it into art.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2016

It kept crackling and sparking at odd moments, and every time Ron tried to transfigure his beetle it engulfed him in thick gray smoke that smelled of rotten eggs.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling