To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly.

To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchimists sought to transform lead into gold.

In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2.

To change the elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ.

Among the mystics, to change the contemplative soul into a divine substance, by which it is lost or swallowed up in the divine nature.

In algebra, to change an equation into another of a different form, but of equal value.

To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. His hair transforms to down.