Transform : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Transform	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Transform
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transform v subject to a mathematical transformation 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" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, transubstantiate change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" Synonym(s): transform, transmute, metamorphose change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" Synonym(s): translate, transform convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light" change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transform \Transform"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. --Addison.