transmutative, a.
(trɑːnsˈmjuːtətɪv, træns-, -nz-)
[ad. med.L. transmūtātīv-us (Albertus Magnus Metaphys., a 1255), f. L. transmūtāt-, ppl. stem of transmūtāre to transmute: see -ive.]
Having the quality of transmuting; tending to transmute; characterized by transmutation.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. vi. (1623) 502 The great Elixar..hath so transmutatiue a faculty, as to make Copper seeme Gold. 1781 Westm. Mag. IX. 73 A kind of coagulation which may be called transmutative. 1841 Hor. Smith Moneyed Man III. ii. 50 How little do we mark the effects of Time in ourselves; how suddenly and deeply are we struck by its transmutative touch in others. 1865 Grote Plato I. i. 5 A generative, motive, or transmutative force. |