" metamorphoses "

[Noun]  | "meta*mor*pho*sis" | \ ˌme-tə-ˈmȯr-fə-səs \

1: change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means

2: a striking alteration in appearance, character, or circumstances

3: a typically marked and more or less abrupt developmental change in the form or structure of an animal (such as a butterfly or a frog) occurring subsequent to birth or hatching

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English Methamorphoseos, as the title of Ovid's poem or its contents, borrowed from Latin Metamorphōsēs, as the title of Ovid's poem, literally, "Transformations" (Late Latin metamorphōsis "transfiguration, change into another form"), borrowed from Greek metamórphōsis (from 1st century A.D.) "transformation," from metamorphō-, variant stem of metamorphóō, metamorphoûn "to transform" (earlier in New Testament metamorphoûsthai "to be transfigured") (from meta- {see: |meta-|meta-} + morphóō, morphoûn "to give a form to," derivative of morphḗ "physical or visible form, appearance," of uncertain origin) + -sis {see: |-sis|-sis};

[Verb]  | "meta*mor*phose" | \ ˌme-tə-ˈmȯr-ˌfōz \

1: to change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means

2: to change strikingly the appearance or character of : transform

3: to cause (rock) to undergo metamorphism

Origin: 1576 ;

 Probably borrowed from Middle French metamorphoser, derivative of metamorphose {see: |metamorphosis|metamorphosis};

[Noun]  | "metamorphoses" 

[Noun]  | "metamorphosis" 

[Verb]  | "metamorphoses" 

[Verb]  | "metamorphose"