The Only Use of
transmute
in
Frankenstein
- The modern masters promise very little; they know that metals cannot be transmuted and that the elixir of life is a chimera but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(transmute) to change completely in appearance or elemental nature