Transforming

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transform \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.
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              Love may transform me to an oyster.   --Shak.
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     2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the
        alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
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     3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the
        like; to convert.
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              Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
                                                    --Rom. xii. 2.
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     4. (Math.) To change, as an algebraic expression or
        geometrical figure, into another from without altering its
        value.
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