v. t. - To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly.
v. t. - To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
v. t. - To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert.
v. t. - To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
v. i. - To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.