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/trænsfˈɔrm/ /trˈænsfɔrm/ Listen

verb

Transform v. t. (past & past part. transformed; pres. part. transforming)

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."

To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind."

(Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transform v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. (R.) "His hair transforms to down."

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Etymology of 'Transform'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Transform" Quotes from Famous Books

... those whose studies have qualified them to give judgment on so obscure a subject, it so far appears clear that the Witch of Endor, was not a being such as those believed in by our ancestors, who could transform themselves and others into the appearance of the lower animals, raise and allay tempests, frequent the company and join the revels of evil spirits, and, by their counsel and assistance, destroy human ...

— Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft • Sir Walter Scott

... butternut curiculio is given as an example. This insect lays its eggs in both the young shoots and nuts, which usually drop as a result of the injury. The larvae then develop to maturity within the dying tissues after which they enter the soil and transform to adults. Subsequently they leave the soil to pass the winter above ground protected from low temperatures ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting • Various

... between these three components is solely in the percentage of hydrogen contained, and it is possible by the addition of hydrogen, to transform ...

— The Story of Crisco • Marion Harris Neil

... (I dislike the word "bourgeoisie" which has been used to death by the apostles of a new social order,) slowly increased its hold upon the government, and the conditions of industrial life in the large cities continued to transform vast acres of pasture and wheat-land into dreary slums, which guard the approach of every ...

— The Story of Mankind • Hendrik van Loon

... visionary who would transform the whole universe into a sort of fairyland nut grove—where there are no insects, diseases, or squirrels,—and where the nuts fall ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting • Various

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