Lewis & Short

trans-mūto, āre, v. a.,

  1. I. to change, shift, transmute (poet.; cf.: commuto, verto, converto): transmutans dextera laevis, Lucr. 2, 488: (fortuna) transmutat incertos honores, Hor. C. 3, 29, 51.
  2. II. To transfer, remove: aegros ad alium locum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 142.