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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transformed}; p.
pr & vb n. {Transforming}.] [L. transformare
transformatum trans across over + formare to from: cf F.
transformer. See {Form}, v. t.]
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. --Shak.
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. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or
geometrical figure, into another from without altering its
value.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. i.
To be changed in form to be metamorphosed. [R.]
His hair transforms to down --Addison.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
transform
v 1: subject to a mathematical transformation
2: change or alter in form appearance, or nature; "This
experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed
the clay into a beautiful sculpture" [syn: {transmute}]
3: change in outward structure or looks "He transformed into a
monster" [syn: {transmute}]
4: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque
translated collage into oil" [syn: {translate}]
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