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Transform
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. Addison.