Trans-fig'üre, v. t.

(-fĭg'yūr), v. t. [imp. & p. p. TRANSFIGURED; p. pr. & vb. n. TRANSFIGURING.] [Fr. transfigurer, Pr. & Sp. transfigurar, trasfigurar, It. transfigurare, trasfigurare, Lat. transfigurare, from trans, across, over, and figurare, to form, shape, from figura, form, figure.]

1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something very elevated and glorious; to give an ideal form to. “And was transfigured before them.” Matt. xvii. 2.