Associations to the word «Metamorphoses»

Wiktionary

METAMORPHOSE, verb. (of a moth or insect) to undergo metamorphosis
METAMORPHOSE, verb. To transform (something) into a completely different appearance

Dictionary definition

METAMORPHOSE, verb. 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".
METAMORPHOSE, verb. Change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne