transform

transform is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
  2. 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. 3.4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
  4. 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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