Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
TRANSFORMED
transformed
(adjective) given a completely different form or appearance; “shocked to see the transformed landscape”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
transformed
simple past tense and past participle of transform
Adjective
transformed (not comparable)
Given a completely different form or appearance.
Source: Wiktionary
TRANSFORM
Trans*form", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transforming.] Etym: [L. transformare, transformatum; trans across, over + formare to from: cf. F. transformer. See Form, v. t.]
1. To change the form of; to change in shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as, a caterpillar is ultimately transformed into a butterfly. Love may transform me to an oyster. Shak.
2. To change into another substance; to transmute; as, the alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. To change in nature, disposition, heart, character, or the like; to convert. Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. xii. 2.
4. (Math.)
Definition: To change, as an algebraic expression or geometrical figure, into another from without altering its value.
Trans*form", v. i.
Definition: To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed. [R.] His hair transforms to down. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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