Transform \Trans*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transforming}.] [L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See {Form}, v. t.] 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.
Transform \Trans*form"\, v. i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.]
His hair transforms to down. --Addison.
At a meeting in Moscow Thursday, the seven-nation Warsaw Pact said it needed to transform itself into a political body and sought "constructive cooperation" with the 16-member Western alliance.
It will transform the way Californians work and play.
That judgment will transform the fabric of Japanese political life.
He tried to transform the fund into an independent bank.
Brewers Hope for Treat From Promotion Tricks AMERICA'S BREWERS are trying to transform Halloween from a cider sipping to a beer guzzling holiday.
He has offered to manage the Chelsea school district for 10 years and transform it into a model for urban school renewal.
Some of the dozens of interest groups backing the $2.5 billion Act for Better Child Care, or ABC, are anxious to transform election-year interest and rhetoric into a veto-proof child care bill before Congress adjourns this fall.
The nation's largest maker of disposable diapers said today it will begin searching for ways to transform billions of dirty didies from an ecological problem into recycled flower pots, building insulation and lush highway medians.
George Mason University, in Fairfax, Va., is in early talks that could lead to a contract to help transform the nearby Manassas Park school district.
NEC simply would transform its existing 15% stake in Bull's U.S. unit, Bull HN Information Systems Inc., into about 5% of the French parent company.
In recent years, Mr. Stewart has pushed to transform Primark from a natural-gas utility into an ambitious conglomerate with interests in leasing, mortgage banking, aviation services and health-care telecommunications.
An air force officer who got his job simply by opposing the coup, he has impressed U.S. officials with his eagerness, as one puts it, to "transform the military into a totally different institution."
It lifts the spirit, and because it has the power to make people feel that 'life is this and not otherwise,' it has the power to transform human life.
The point, Chervov and others Soviets have said, is to transform the Warsaw Pact from a military into a political organization.
"They have never sought to transform the ANC into a tool and puppet of the Communist Party," Mandela said.
Barenboim was hailed as the ideal figure to transform the company, and his appointment in 1992 - with a 10-year contract worth DM10m - had the blessing of Richard von Weizsaecker, the president. But change has been slower than anticipated.
Mr. Costner doesn't bother to transform himself into a believable inhabitant of another time and another place.
The four are closely identified with Mr Rowland, who has resisted some of Mr Bock's plans to transform Lonrho into a more orthodox company. A spokesman for Mr Bock said: 'There is nothing to explain about the payments which represent two years' salary.
His fans think he will transform Fireman's from a middle-rank company into a top-tier insurer.
General manager of the Hawks since 1979, Mr. Kasten helped transform that team into one of the most talented and entertaining in basketball.
It is a programme to transform the whole South African society. A Truth Commission in a country where the previous government still holds power is unusual.
No one is rushing to imitate Boston University's year-old, ambitious effort to manage and radically transform the entire school district of Chelsea, Mass., a nearly broke system of 3,500 students with some of the worst test scores in that state.
The new economic program calls for strict wage controls in order to check 900 percent inflation and transform the centrally planned economy to capitalism.
After declaring martial law in 1972, Marcos banned political parties, then organized various "grass-roots" organizations ostensibly to invigorate and transform Philippine society.
For instance, Kraft two years ago decided to transform its venerable-but-much-derided Cheez Whiz spread into a microwavable hot cheese sauce, ideal for nacho-crunching teenagers.
Now, Mr. Miller is in the midst of a $110 million renovation that he vows will transform his mammoth flagship store on Chicago's State Street into the "the finest store in the world."
They say the peanut paste exported by Canada is mostly made from imported peanuts through a process that does not transform the product enough for it to count as Canadian.
Hoping to transform the statist Philippines into Asia's next tiger economy, he serenaded his negotiating team with the old melody, "We're almost there."
Mayor Richard S. Caliguiri, who helped transform Pittsburgh from a sickly steel town to a vital corporate center, died early Friday of a rare heart disease after more than a decade in office.
Virgin hopes the ruling, expected in the summer, will transform take-off and landing patterns at London. Whatever the Commission's decision, the big carriers will fight tooth-and-nail against surrendering slots.