a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders"
well known or easily recognized; "a familiar figure"; "familiar songs"; "familiar guests"
within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences"
produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally
to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
change in outward structure or looks; "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
increase or decrease (an alternating current or voltage)
change (a bacterial cell) into a genetically distinct cell by the introduction of DNA from another cell of the same or closely related species
convert (one form of energy) to another; "transform energy to light"
change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another"