transfiguration, transfiguration, transfiguracion

[French transfiguration, from Latin transfigurationem, acc us. of transfigu ratio =a transfiguring, from transfiguratus, pa. par. of transfiguro =to transfigure (q. v.); Sp. transfigu racion, trasfiguracion; Italian transfigurazione, trasfigurazione.] *1. A change of form. IMG:content-1328.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A feast held by certain branches of the Christian Church on August 6, in commemoration of such supernatural change. trăns-fig-üre, *tran-fyg-ure, v . t . [Fr. trans figurer, from Lat. transfiguro to change the figure of: trans acro (hence, implying change), and figura figure, outward appearance: Sp. transfig urar, trasfigurar ; Italian trans fig urare , trasfigur are .] ance of. 1. To transform; to change the outward appear*2. To give an elevated or glorified appearance or character to; to elevate and glorify; to idealize. trăns-fix', v. t. [Latin trans fir us, pa. par. of trans figo to thrust through: trans =through, and figo to fix.] 1. To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon. "Quite through transfixed with deadly dart, And in her blood yet steeming fresh embayd." Spenser: F. Q., III. xii. 21. 2. To impale. "The butcher bird transfixes its prey upon the spike of a thorn, whilst it picks its bones."-Paley: Nat. Theology, ch. xii. trăns-fix-ion (xas ksh), 8. [TRANSFIX.] 1. The act of transfixing or piercing through. 2. The state of being transfixed. "Sixe sever all times do we find that Christ shed blood; in his circumcision, in his agonie, in his crowning, in his scourging, in his affix i on, in his transfixion ." - Bp. Hall: Sermon on Gal . ii. 20.