transubstantiate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ
  2. verb change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
    transmute; transform.
    • This experience transformed her completely
    • She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture
    • transubstantiate one element into another

WordNet

Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate transitive verb
Etymology
LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.
Definitions
  1. To change into another substance. R.
    The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. Donne.
  2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

Webster 1913