Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TRANS'FORM', v.t. [Fr. transformer; L. trans and forma.]

1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly.
2. To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchimists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. In theology, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of eninity 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. Rom. xii.
4. To change the elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. Romish Church.
5. Among the mystics, to change the contemplative soul into a divine substance, by which it is lost or swallowed up in the divine nature.
6. In algebra, to change an equation into another of a different form, but of equal value.