English

Alternative spellings
metamorphosise UK

Verb
en-verb|metamorphosizes|metamorphosizing|metamorphosized

1. To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.

#:1995, Joyce Rupp, Little Pieces of Light...: Darkness and Personal Growth Page 36 ¹
#:"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."

• 2006-11-30 00:14 - JackLumber - the claim "note that in British English there is no 'metamorphosise'" is unsubstantiated. "metamorphose" is not a variant spelling. There's an entry for [[metamorphosise]].

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