Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Transfigure \Trans*fig"ure\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Transfigured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfiguring}.] [F.
   transfigurer, L. transfigurare, transfiguratum; trans across,
   over + figurare to form, shape. See {Figure}, v. t.]
   1. To change the outward form or appearance of; to
      metamorphose; to transform.

   2. Especially, to change to something exalted and glorious;
      to give an ideal form to.

            [Jesus] was transfigured before them; and his face
            did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as
            the light.                            --Matt. xvii.
                                                  2.

Source : WordNet®

transfigure
     v 1: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
          [syn: {glorify}, {spiritualize}]
     2: 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},
         {transmogrify}]