Transmute \Trans*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transmuted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Transmuting}.] [L. transmutare, transmutatum;
trans across + mutare to change. See {Mutable}, and cf.
{Transmew}.]
To change from one nature, form, or substance, into another;
to transform.

The caresses of parents and the blandishments of
friends transmute us into idols. --Buckminster.

Transmuting sorrow into golden joy
Free from alloy. --H. Smith.