transmogrify

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

transmogrify
    v 1: change completely the nature or appearance of; "In Kafka's
         story, a person metamorphoses into a bug"; "The treatment
         and diet transfigured her into a beautiful young woman";
         "Jesus was transfigured after his resurrection" [syn:
         {metamorphose}, {transfigure}, {transmogrify}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Transmogrify \Trans*mog"ri*fy\, v. t. [A humorous coinage.]
   To change into a different shape; to transform. [Colloq.]
   --Fielding.
   [1913 Webster]