intr.v. me·tas·ta·sized, me·tas·ta·siz·ing, me·tas·ta·siz·es 1. To be transmitted or transferred by metastasis. 2. To be changed or transformed, especially dangerously: "a need for love that would metastasize into an insatiable craving for attention" (Michiko Kakutani). 3. To spread, especially destructively: "[disinformation] ... that even now continues to metastasize ... to such a degree that myth threatens to overthrow history" (Gore Vidal). |
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