transmew

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Transmew \Trans*mew"\, v. t. & i. [F. transmuer, L. transmutare.
   See {Transmute}.]
   To transmute; to transform; to metamorphose. [Archaic]
   --Chaucer. Spenser.
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         To transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful
         forester.                                --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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