Metamorphic

met-a-mor′fik, adj. subject to change of form: ( geol. ) applied to the alteration undergone by rocks under heat, pre ure, ., so that they a ume a crystalline or semi-crystalline structure.— ns. Metamor′phism , state or quality of being metamorphic; Metamor′phist , one who believes that the body of Christ merged into the Deity when He ascended.— v.t. Metamor′phose , to transform.— n. Metamor′phos is , change of shape, transformation: the frequent transformation of human beings to beasts, stones, trees, .—an e ential part of folklore everywhere: the marked change which some living beings undergo in the course of their growth, as caterpillar to insect, tadpole to frog, .:— pl. Metamor′phoses . [Gr. meta morphōsis — meta , expre ing change, morphē , form.]