All 3 Uses of
transfigure
in
Brave New World
- Small hands reached out uncertainly, touched, grasped, unpetaling the transfigured roses, crumpling the illuminated pages of the books.†
p. 20..9 *
- "Yes, I thought it was wonderful," he lied and looked away; the sight of her transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own separateness.†
p. 86..1
- –but situated the real face, the real and violent hands, in an imaginary world–among the inward and private equivalents of patchouli and the Super-Wurlitzer, among the transfigured memories and the strangely transposed sensations that constituted the universe of her dream.†
p. 205..2
Definition:
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(transfigure) change completely the nature or appearance of -- especially in a positive way