reformed; reforming; reforms
Definition of reform
(Entry 1 of 4)
1a
: to put or change into an improved form or condition
b
: to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses
2
: to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action
3
: to induce or cause to abandon evil ways
reform a drunkard
4a
: to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking
b
: to produce (gasoline, gas, etc.) by cracking
: to become changed for the better
reform
nounDefinition of reform (Entry 2 of 4)
1
: amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
2
: removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong
reform
adjectiveDefinition of reform (Entry 3 of 4)
1
: relating to or favoring reform
All of the great American reform movements—from civil rights to child-labor laws—started far from Washington, D.C. In state legislatures and town halls …— William Greider
2
Reform
: of, relating to, or practicing Reform Judaism
Reform Jews, by the end of the nineteenth century, had adopted the custom of rising to their feet to pronounce the Shema in unison.— Jonathan D. Sarna
re-form
verb (2)
re-formed; re-forming; re-forms
Definition of re-form (Entry 4 of 4)
: to form again
: to take form again
the ice re-formed on the lake
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