metamorphosize

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metamorphosize

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English metamorphose

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English metamorphosize

From metamorphose + -ize.

verb metamorphosizes · metamorphosizing · metamorphosized · metamorphosise

  1. nonstandard To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose. "Sitting in the darkness and waiting doesn't come naturally for us even though we "sat" for nine months in our mother's womb, a development which is as mysterious and marvelous as that of a caterpillar metamorphosizing into a butterfly."

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