Transform /(?)/

Trans·form

Transform

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Transformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming

  1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
    Love may transform me to an oyster.
  2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
  3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
    Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
    — Rom. xii. 2.
  4. To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value. (Math.)

Transform

v. i.
  1. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
    His hair transforms to down.