Verb

(en verb)

To recover ownership of something by buying it back.

To liberate by payment of a ransom.

To set free by force.

To save, rescue

To clear, release from debt or blame

To expiate, atone (for ...)

(finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash

To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).

To repair, restore

To reform, change (for the better)

To restore the reputation or honour of oneself or something.

(archaic) To reclaim

Verb

(en verb)

To change greatly the appearance or form of.

The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.

* Shakespeare

Love may transform me to an oyster.

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To change the nature, condition or function of; to change in nature, disposition, heart, character, etc.; to convert.

* Bible, Romans xii. 2

Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.

(mathematics) To subject to a transformation; to change into another form without altering the value.

(electricity) To subject to the action of a transformer.

(genetics) To subject (a cell) to transformation.

To undergo a transformation.