[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. TRANSFORM; transformation.

1

1435.  Misyn, Fire of Love, 40. Qwhat is lufe bott transfourmynge of desire In to þe þinge lufyd?

2

1580.  Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Transfiguration, a transforming.

3

1633.  P. Fletcher, Purple Isl., VI. lv. With quick and strange transforming.

4

1883.  J. T. Burgess, in Athenæum, 3 Nov., 569/1. The transforming of the south transept into the vestry.

5