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Date: 1600-1700
Origin: Perhaps from transmigrate

transmogrify

 verb
     
trans‧mog‧ri‧fy past tense and past participle transmogrified, present participle transmogrifying, third person singular transmogrifies [transitive]
to change the shape of something completely, as if by magic - used humorously
—transmogrification noun [uncountable]
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