Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRANS-MUTE, v.t. [L. transmuto; trans and muto, to change.]

To change from one nature or substance into another. Water may be transmuted into ice, and ice into water; the juices of plants are transmuted into solid substances; but human skill has not been able to transmute lead or copper into gold. A holy conscience sublimates every thing; it transmutes the common affairs of life into acts of solemn worship to God. J. M. Mason. The caresses of parents and the blandishments of friends, transmute us into idols. Buckminster.