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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 trans·fig·ure /træn(t)sˈfɪgjɚ/
 (vt.)使變形,使莊嚴,使理想化,美化

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trans·fig·ure v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transfigured p. pr. & vb. n. Transfiguring.]
 1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
 2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to.
    [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.   --Matt. xvii. 2.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 transfigure
      v 1: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
           [syn: glorify, spiritualize]
      2: change completely the nature or appearance of; "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" [syn: metamorphose,
          transmogrify]