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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The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

REFORM, v.  A thing that mostly satisfies reformers opposed to
reformation.