transform
/tɹænsˈfɔɹm/ verb B1- To change greatly the appearance or form of. · The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
- To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.
- To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.
- To subject to the action of a transformer.
- To subject (a cell) to transformation.
- To undergo a transformation; to change in appearance or character.
He/she/it transforms · Past transformed · Past participle transformed · -ing form transforming
Verb forms
- Base form
- transform
- He/she/it
- transforms
- Past
- transformed
- Past participle
- transformed
- -ing form
- transforming
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“Well, I am sure it is quite transformed since last week.
The Horse fell down straightway under the weight, no longer equal to the burden, and said to his master, “You must now go to the war on foot, for you have transformed me from a Horse into an Ass; and how can you expect that I can again turn in a moment from an Ass to a Horse?”
Then he ran to one of the cupboards in Valentine’s room, which had been transformed into a medicine closet, and taking from its silver case a small bottle of nitric acid, dropped a little of it into the liquor, which immediately changed to a blood-red color.
That questioning gaze transformed itself suddenly into abrupt speech.
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