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Pos: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Verb transubstantiate has 2 senses

1.  transubstantiate(v = verb.change) - change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ;
is one way to
transform, transmute, transubstantiate
Derived form noun transubstantiation1
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  transubstantiate(v = verb.change) transform, transmute - change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form noun transubstantiation2
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

transubstantiate, v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.].

1.  To change into another substance. [1913 Webster]
"The spider love which transubstantiates all,
And can convert manna to gall.
" [1913 Webster]

2.  To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. [1913 Webster]