Word of the Day: Transmogrified

Almost every day I am coming across new words that I don't know what they mean or where they came from. Mostly just eager writer's flipping through a thesaurus I imagine. Anyway, I am going to start putting my words here so all can join in the fun. Here is a quote from a Wall Street Journal article I was reading that uses the word transmogrified:
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"For many, Iraq is no longer a war whose prognosis is to be judged empirically. It has instead transmogrified into a powerful symbol that apparently must serve deeply held, but preconceived, beliefs -- the deceptions of Mr. Bush, the folly of a neoconservative cabal, the necessary comeuppance of the American imperium, or the greed of an oil-hungry U.S."
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Writing this post has transmogrified my brain!