Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Transform

Transform , transitive verb

[Latin transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: compare French transformer. See Form, transitive verb]

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. — Shakespeare
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.
(Mathematics) To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.

Transform , intransitive verb

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [Rare]
His hair transforms to down. — Addison