Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F. transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across, over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.] 1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to metamorphose; to transform.
2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious; to give an ideal form to.
[Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. --Matt. xvii. 2.
"I want people to be enlightened by a vision, I want to uplift their minds and hearts." Petit, who shares with dancers a passion for poetic gestures and movements that transfigure, is asked with deadly monotony about the danger involved in his work.