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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.