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.
Trans*form", v. i. To be changed in
form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
His hair transforms to down.
Addison.