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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'reform | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Re-form \Re-form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Re-formed} (-f?rmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Re-forming}.] To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-form the line after a charge. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reform \Re*form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. r[82]former, L. reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. See {Form}.] To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals. The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it. --Swift. Syn: To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better; improve; restore; reclaim. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reform \Re*form"\, v. i. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will seldom reform. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r[82]forme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. {Civil service reform}. See under {Civil}. {Reform acts} (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. {Reform school}, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.] Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See {Reformation}. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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Reform, AL (city, FIPS 64104) Location: 33.37956 N, 88.01670 W Population (1990): 2105 (878 housing units) Area: 20.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35481 | |
