(a) To alter (sb.) supernaturally; change (sb. into an animal); metamorphose (one's form into an animal's); also fig., with ref. to the transforming effect of vice [quot. a1425]; also, refl. shift one's shape; (b) to transform gloriously the appearance of (sb.), transfigure; also, ruin the appearance of (sb.), disfigure; (c) to misrepresent (the facts), distort (the truth); alter deceptively (someone's appearance); refl. deceptively present oneself (in the guise of sb. else); of Fantasy personified: manipulate (figures in dreams); (d) ~ in, to cause (a bond of love) to effect an identity between (lover and beloved); ~ in-to (with), cause (sb.) to take on the nature or aspects of (God, Christ, etc.); (e) to change the condition of (sb. to misfortune), bring; seduce (sb. from virtue); lead (sb. into vice);—prob. with punning ref. to sense (a) [quot.?a1425]; also, fig. corrupt (the substance of the church);—with iron. ref. to the doctrine of transubstantiation; (f) to transmute (elements); also, affect the properties of (a mineral).