TRANSMEW

Etymology

Verb

transmew (third-person singular simple present transmews, present participle transmewing, simple past and past participle transmewed)

(obsolete) To transmute, change.

Anagrams

• Wertmans, straw men, strawmen, trewsman

Source: Wiktionary


Trans*mew", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. transmuer, L. transmutare. See Transmute.]

Definition: To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic] Chaucer. Spenser. To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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