transmute

 
Pronunciation: /tranzˈmjuːt, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

verb

  • change in form, nature, or substance: [with object]: the raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories [no object]: the discovery that elements can transmute by radioactivity
  • [with object] subject (base metals) to alchemical transmutation: the quest to transmute lead into gold

Derivatives

transmutability

Pronunciation: /-ˈbɪlɪti/
noun

transmutable

adjective

transmutative

Pronunciation: /-tətɪv/
adjective

transmuter

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin transmutare, from trans- 'across' + mutare 'to change'