change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman"; "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection"
To metamorphose or be metamorphosed means to develop and change into something completely different. hysterical laughter which gradually metamorphoses into convulsive sobs The tadpoles metamorphose and emerge onto land She had been metamorphosed by the war. see also metamorphosis. to change completely and become something different, or to make something change in this way metamorphose into
change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"