transform
transform is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- 2.To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii.
- 3.4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
- 4.To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold called?
- What is to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii called?
- What is 4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value called?
- What is to be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. Addison called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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