To gradually change shape or form into something else; to transform smoothly and continuously.
From Greek 'morphe' meaning form or shape. Popularized in modern English by the 1990s movie 'Terminator 2,' which featured the special effect technique called 'morphing.'
Morphing technology from T2 literally showed the word in action—the T-1000 robot continuously shifting forms—but morphologists (scientists studying 'morph' or form) had been using the word for centuries to describe how organisms and languages change.
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