~ (sth/sb) (from sth) (into sth) (formal) to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different, especially over a period of time:
[V] The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly. [also VN]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is metamorphose a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, metamorphose is tagged as verb.
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