DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
Re-form v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Re-formed 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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reform
n 1: a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses;
"justice was for sale before the reform of the law
courts"
2: a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the
reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
3: self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some
vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
v 1: make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and
injustices; "reform a political system"
2: 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" [syn: reclaim, regenerate,
rectify]
3: produce by cracking; "reform gas"
4: break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
5: improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and
put into a better condition; "reform the health system in
this country"
6: change for the better; "The lazy student promised to
reform"; "the habitual cheater finally saw the light"
[syn: straighten out, see the light]