TRANSFORM', verb transitive [Latin trans and forma.] 1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly. 2. To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchimists sought to transform lead into gold. 3. In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2. 4. To change the elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. 5. Among the mystics, to change the contemplative soul into a divine substance, by which it is lost or swallowed up in the divine nature. 6. In algebra, to change an equation into another of a different form, but of equal value. TRANSFORM', verb intransitive To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. His hair transforms to down.
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