Associations to the word «Metamorphose»

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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin