If something transmutes or is transmuted into a different form, it is changed into that form. She ceased to think, as anger transmuted into passion Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb. + transmutation transmutations trans·mu·ta·tion the transmutation of food into energy. to change one substance or type of thing into another (transmutare, from mutare )
change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"