REFORM
\ɹɪfˈɔːm], \ɹɪfˈɔːm], \ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈɔː_m]\
Definitions of REFORM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
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a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
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improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
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produce by cracking; "reform gas"
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make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
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break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
By Princeton University
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self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice; "the family rejoiced in the drunkard's reform"
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a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices; "the reforms he proposed were too radical for the politicians"
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make reforms in by removing abuse and injustices; "reform a political system"
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improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition; "reform the health system in this country"
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produce by cracking; "reform gas"
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break up the molecules of; "reform oil"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government.
By Noah Webster.
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Change for the better, as in character or politics.
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To change from bad to good; make better; free from evils and abuses.
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To give up evil for good.
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Reformative.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To form again or anew: to transform: to make better: to remove that which is objectionable from: to repair or improve: to reclaim.
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To become better: to abandon evil: to be corrected or improved.
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A forming anew: change, amendment, improvement.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Reformation.
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To make better morally; free from evils or abuses.
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An act or result of reformation; change for the better.
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To form again.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A changing for the better; amendment; an extension and more equable distribution of the franchise. Reform school, a reformatory.
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To change from worse to better, or to bring from a bad to a good state; to amend; to correct.
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To abandon that which is evil or corrupt; to be amended.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
