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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
transformed
adjective: given a completely different form or appearance; "shocked to see the transformed landscape"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "transformed": advanced, altered, ameliorated, assimilated, beautified, better, bettered, changeable, changed, civilized, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate, developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced, enriched, improved, metamorphosed, metastasized, modified, mutant, naturalized, perfected, polished, qualified, reborn, rebuilt, redeemed, refined, reformed, regenerated, renewed, revived, revolutionary, subversive, transfigured, translated, transmuted, unmitigated, worse
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