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transforming |
1 definition found 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.
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