Transform

Trans`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. [imp. & p. p. Transformed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. His hair transforms to down. - Addison.

Verb	1.	transform - subject to a mathematical transformation
	2.	transform - 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" Synonyms: transubstantiate, transmute
	3.	transform - change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" Synonyms: metamorphose, transmute
	4.	transform - change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" Synonyms: translate
	5.	transform - convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light"
	6.	transform - change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
	7.	transform - increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)