What is the meaning of transfigure?

Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration.
- synonyms: glorify, spiritualize
Change completely the nature or appearance of.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: metamorphose, transmogrify

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