TRANSUBSTANTIATE Synonyms: 33 Similar Words

transubstantiate

verb

ˌtran(t)-səb-ˈstan(t)-shē-ˌāt

Definition of transubstantiate

as in to transform

to change in form, appearance, or use the novelist transubstantiated the joys and sorrows of his early years into a charming fable about childhood

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Recent Examples of transubstantiate Just as the heat of Trinity forged sand into glass, that same device (and all after it) transubstantiated myth into reality. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025 But his concerns are the same as artists 500 years gone — how bodies can be transubstantiated into precious metal, and take on new meaning and value. — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020 Our fathers poured the gold like priests / transubstantiating molten for the world’s architecture. — Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019 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, 11 Aug. 2017 And then there was Evie, the most beloved, who had transubstantiated into a postcard from Reno. — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017

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David Roche, a veteran strategist at Quantum Strategy & Geonomics, said the Arctic's importance lies less in its potential to transform global shipping than in the deepening economic dependence between Russia and China.

— Lee Ying Shan,Matthew Tan, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Her refusal to be silent enabled her to transform her personal story into a global movement for justice.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of transform

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The challenge is converting it into affordable products at scale, something China has become remarkably effective at doing.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Bloom, which makes fuel cells that can convert everything from fossil fuels to hydrogen into electricity, also raised its full-year revenue outlook.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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