25 November 2014

transmogrify

[trans-mog-ruh-fahy, tranz-]

verb (used with object), transmogrified, transmogrifying.

1. to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.

Origin
1650-1660; earlier also transmigrify, transmography; apparently a pseudo-Latinism with trans-, -ify

Related forms

transmogrification, noun

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Examples from the web for transmogrify
– But taking such a precautionary step does not transmogrify an agreement-based sentence into one based on the guidelines.
– It’s fascinating, in fact, to watch him transmogrify reality into fiction.
– In our view, this enlistment of third parties does not transmogrify a non-infringing use into an infringing use.

Anagram

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Today’s aphorism

The scariest monster are those that lurk within our souls.

– Edgar Allan Poe

On this day

25 November 1963 – funeral of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Washington DC. Over 800,000 people lined the streets. He was interred at Arlington Cemetery.

25 November 1947 – The ‘Hollywood Ten’ are blacklisted for their allegiance with, or sympathy for the American Communist Party. They were cited for Contempt of Congress when they refused to testify to the House Committee on Unamerican Activities. The Hollywood Ten were unable to work in the movie industry again. The ten were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo.