Transform word meaning and definition

[verb] change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
[verb] physics: increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
[verb] biology: change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
[verb] physics: convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light"
[verb] change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"
[verb] change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil"
[verb] subject to a mathematical transformation

\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.

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