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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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