transfigure

Verb

• 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
    

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  metamorphose , transmogrify , glorify , spiritualize