The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metamorphize \Met`a*mor"phize\, v. t. To metamorphose.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"metamorphose," 1590s, from Greek meta (see meta-) + morphe (see Morpheus) + -ize. Related: Metamorphized; metamorphizing. Alternative verbal form metamorphosize attested from 1841.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To transform or change; metamorphose.
Usage examples of "metamorphize".
The conveyor belt of subduction, feeding ocean sediments deep into the earth to be crushed and metamorphized over eons, was as obsolete on Stateless as the Bessemer process for steel, the Haber process for ammonia.
When the plutonium ran out, it metamorphized into an agricultural world, becoming the breadbasket for half a dozen nearby systems.
But names have a way of changing on the Inner Frontier, metamorphizing to fit the natures of the men and women they're attached to.