From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Transform \Trans*form"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Transformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transforming}.] [L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See {Form}, verb (used with an object)]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Transform \Trans*form"\, verb (used without an object) To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
His hair transforms to down. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: subject to a mathematical transformation
2: 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" [syn: {transmute}, {transubstantiate}]
3: change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle" [syn: {transmute}, {metamorphose}]
4: change from one form or medium into another; "Braque translated collage into oil" [syn: {translate}]
5: convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light"
6: change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
7: increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "transform": acculturate, advance, alter, ameliorate, amend, assimilate to, become, better, boost, bring forward, bring to, change, change into, change over, civilize, commute, convert, denature, do over, edify, educate, elevate, emend, enhance, enlighten, enrich, fatten, favor, forward, foster, go straight, improve, improve upon, lard, lift, make, make an improvement, make over, meliorate, mend, metabolize, metamorphose, modify, mutate, naturalize, nurture, permute, promote, raise, reconvert, reduce to, refine upon, reform, render, resolve into, reverse, shift, socialize, straighten out, switch, switch over, transfer, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate, turn back, turn into, upgrade, uplift
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