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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats