Thesaurus: transform

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1. v. t. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
2. v. t. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. v. t. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
4. v. t. To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
5. v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
6. v. subject to a mathematical transformation
7. v. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
8. v. change in outward structure or looks
9. v. change from one form or medium into another
10. v. convert (one form of energy) to another
11. v. change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
12. v. increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)