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transubstantiate

verb
tran·​sub·​stan·​ti·​ate | \ ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt How to pronounce transubstantiate (audio) \
transubstantiated; transubstantiating

Definition of transubstantiate

transitive verb

1 : to effect transubstantiation in (sacramental bread and wine)
2 : to change into another substance : transmute

intransitive verb

: to undergo transubstantiation
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Examples of transubstantiate in a Sentence

the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood

Recent Examples on the Web

 Through football, a one-hour spectacle of peak human performance and perfect pageantry is transubstantiated in real time into the country’s sustaining mythology. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, "No Country for Colin Kaepernick," 11 Aug. 2017 And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, "Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest," 5 June 2017

First Known Use of transubstantiate

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology for transubstantiate

Middle English transsubstanciaten, from Medieval Latin transubstantiatus, past participle of transubstantiare, from Latin trans- + substantia substance

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