Definition for TRANS-FORM-A'TION

TRANS-FORM-A'TION, n.

  1. The act or operation of changing the form or external appearance.
  2. Metamorphosis; change of form in insects; as from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
  3. Transmutation; the change of one metal into another, as of copper or tin into gold.
  4. The change of the soul into a divine substance, as among the mystics.
  5. Transubstantiation.
  6. In theology, a change of heart in man, by which his disposition and temper are conformed to the divine image; a change from enmity to holiness and love.
  7. In algebra, the change of an equation into one of a different form, but of equal value. Cyc.

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