[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. TRANSFORM; transformation.
1435. Misyn, Fire of Love, 40. Qwhat is lufe bott transfourmynge of desire In to þe þinge lufyd?
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Transfiguration, a transforming.
1633. P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., VI. lv. With quick and strange transforming.
1883. J. T. Burgess, in Athenæum, 3 Nov., 569/1. The transforming of the south transept into the vestry.