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English Dictionary: reform	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for reform
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reform n a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses; "justice was for sale before the reform of the law courts" a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians" self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform" v make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system" bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct" Synonym(s): reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify produce by cracking; "reform gas" break up the molecules of; "reform oil" improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country" change for the better; "The lazy student promised to reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light" Synonym(s): reform, straighten out, see the light
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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]:
Reform \Reform"\ (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]:
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]:
Reform \Reform"\, 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]:
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