Chiefly with to, into, (in early use) on. transitive. To turn (something) into something else; to transform. Obsolete.

transitive. To metamorphose, transform; to misshape, disfigure.

transitive. With adjective, adverbial phrase, or prepositional phrase as complement: to make or cause to be or become what is expressed by the…

transitive. To make (something) different in some particular; to change, alter.

transitive. With noun complement. To transform, transmute, or fashion into something else. Usually in passive. Now archaic (esp. in biblical use).

Followed by into or to, indicating the result of a change. transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to become something else; to change, transform…

transitive. To turn into (something); to turn, incline, dispose.

transitive. To turn (a thing) into (also to) something else; to convert into.

To transform or turn into, to. Obsolete.

transitive. = transmute, v. 1.

transitive. To change (one thing) to or into another; to transform, transmute, convert. Obsolete.

transitive. To convert or change into something else. Obsolete.

transitive. To turn or change into something of different form or properties; to transform. something immaterial.

transitive. = change, v. 9. Also to exchange into = change, v. 9d.

transitive. To change, alter.

transitive. With into. To convert into something else, by a process of manufacture or otherwise; to work upon (materials) so as to produce…

transitive. To bring (a person or thing) to (occasionally towards) a particular state or condition. Also reflexive. Obsolete.

intransitive. To change in form or character; to alter, to shift; to transform into something else. Also transitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To convert, transform, alter, render (a material or immaterial thing) into some other thing or form. Formerly also with †to. Also figur…

transitive. To turn across or athwart; to turn into something else, transform, convert; to turn about, reverse, overturn.

transitive. To change (a thing) into something else; to transmute or transform (a thing). Also occasionally intransitive: to undergo change or…

transitive. To change, transmute. With in. Obsolete.

transitive. To alter or change in nature, properties, appearance, or form; to transform, convert, turn.

To turn or deflect (a matter) into or to something; to convert. ? Obsolete.

transitive. To bring into (also to, from) a certain form, state, etc. Obsolete.

transferred. To change in character or condition; to alter in function or nature.

transitive. To change (a thing) into something new; to alter; to renew. Obsolete (rare after 1750).

transitive. To change the character, nature, or disposition of; to transform. Now usually with to, into (frequently in passive).

To transmute, change, convert (into something else).

transitive. To change the form or character of (something); to cause to undergo metamorphosis or metamorphism.

transitive. To transform, transmute, ‘transmew’.

transitive. To transform; to transmute.

transitive. To alter or change the fashion of, to transform.

To turn or convert (a thing) to something different from its natural quality or use.

To change, transform. Obsolete.

In occasional uses: To make (a person) ‘heir’ to a possession, condition, etc.; to cause a person to become permanently (something). Obsolete.

transitive. = transmute, v. 1.

To transform or convert (into something) by distillation. Also figurative.

transitive. to make much (also little, something, nothing,etc.) of: to derive advantage from or turn to account, to the degree specified.

transitive. To change from one quality to another.

transitive. To transform.

To convert into by simulation. Obsolete. rare.

To bring to a violent end; to destroy; to consume by destruction or wasting; †to disperse or dissipate; to reduce or convert into something.

To convert into something different; to alter, transform. (Cf. transverse, v.2)

transitive. To play tricks upon; to transform as if by jugglery.

transitive. To change, to transform. Also: to cause to change. (In quot. 1796 punningly.) Obsolete. rare.

To liken (a thing) in fancy †to; to transform (it) into. rare.

transitive. To alter the position or location of (a thing), or the direction in which (a thing) faces; (also in extended use) to alter radically.

transitive. To cause to undergo a change of form, nature, or character; to metamorphose (a person or thing).

transitive. To increase the rate of (a reaction or process) by catalytic action; to produce by means of catalysis. Also figurative.

In extended use. transitive. To change (a person or thing) into something different, esp. though a series of rapid transitional phases.