The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reform \Re*form"\ (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. r['e]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.
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The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an
age; but that of a good one will not reform it.
--Swift.
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Syn: To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better;
improve; restore; reclaim.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r['e]forme.]
Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or
depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
government.
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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.]
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Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
Reformation.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
241 Moby Thesaurus words for "reform":
Fabianism, about-face, accommodate, accommodation, acculturate,
adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment, advance, alter, alteration,
ameliorate, amelioration, amend, amendment, apologize, apostasy,
beg pardon, better, betterment, bleach, boost, bowdlerize, break,
break up, bring forward, change, change of allegiance,
change of heart, change of mind, changeableness, civilize, clean,
clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, constructive change,
continuity, conversion, convert, correct, correction, defection,
deform, degeneration, degenerative change, delouse, denature,
depurate, deterge, deterioration, deviation, difference,
discontinuity, divergence, diversification, diversify, diversion,
diversity, do penance, dry-clean, dust, dust off, edify, educate,
elevate, emend, emendation, enhance, enlighten, enrich, expurgate,
extremism, fatten, favor, fit, fitting, fix, flip-flop, forward,
foster, freshen, give back, give salvation, go straight,
gradual change, gradualism, improve, improve upon, improvement,
lard, lift, lustrate, make an improvement, meliorate, melioration,
meliorism, mend, mitigate, mitigation, modification, modify,
modulate, modulation, mutate, new birth, new-model, nurture,
overthrow, place in, plead guilty, progressivism, promote, purge,
purify, put back, qualification, qualify, radical change,
radical reform, radicalism, raise, re-create, re-creation, re-form,
reactivate, realign, realignment, rebirth, rebuild, reclaim,
reclamation, reconstitute, reconstruct, reconvert, recover,
recovery, recrudescence, recruit, rectification, rectify, redeem,
redemption, redesign, redo, reenact, reestablish, refashion,
refill, refine upon, refit, reformation, reformism, regenerate,
regeneration, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, reinstall, reinstate,
reinstitute, reintegrate, reinvest, remake, remaking, remedy,
remodel, renascence, renew, renewal, renovate, renovation,
reorganization, reorganize, repair, repent, replace, replenish,
reshape, reshaping, restore, restore self-respect, restructure,
restructuring, return, revamp, reversal, revest, revise,
revisionism, revival, revive, revivification, revolution,
revolutionize, ring the changes, save, scavenge, set straight,
shift, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, socialize, spruce,
steam-clean, straighten out, subvert, sudden change, sweep out,
sweeten, switch, think better of, tidy, total change, transfigure,
transform, transformation, transition, turn, turn the scale,
turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, turnabout,
upgrade, upheaval, uplift, utopianism, variation, variety, vary,
violent change, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up,
work a change, worsen, worsening
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
REFORM. To reorganize; to rearrange as, the jury "shall be reformed by
putting to and taking out of the persons so impanelled." Stat. 3 H. VIII. c.
12; Bac. Ab. Juries, A.
2. To reform an instrument in equity, is to make a decree that a deed
or other agreement shall be made or construed as it was originally intended
by the parties, when an error or mistake as to a fact has been committed. A
contract has been reformed, although the party applying to the court was in
the legal profession, and he himself drew the contract, it appearing clear
that it was framed so as to admit of a construction inconsistent with the
true agreement of the parties. 1 Sim. & Stu. 210; 3 Russ. R. 424. But a
contract will not be reformed in consequence of an error of law. 1 Russ. &
M. 418; 1 Chit. Pr. 124.
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
REFORM, v. A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to
reformation.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Reform, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 1978
Housing Units (2000): 925
Land area (2000): 8.042385 sq. miles (20.829681 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028421 sq. miles (0.073611 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.070806 sq. miles (20.903292 sq. km)
FIPS code: 64104
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.380835 N, 88.015022 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35481
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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