REFORMED

Reformed

(adjective) of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran; “Dutch Reformed theology”

reformed

(adjective) caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one; “a reformed drunkard”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

reformed

simple past tense and past participle of reform

Adjective

reformed (comparative more reformed, superlative most reformed)

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc, and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point.

Amended in character and life.

(UK, military, of an officer) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop.

Anagrams

• deformer

Adjective

Reformed (not comparable)

Of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation.

(self-identifier) Of the Protestant movement typically associated with John Calvin, as separated from the Lutheran Church to pursue more extensive reformation.

Of a restorational sect of Catholicism which does not commune with the Vatican, and incorporates evangelical Protestant ideologies.

Synonyms

• (progressed from Lutheranism) Calvinist, Calvinistic

Anagrams

• deformer

Source: Wiktionary

Re*formed" (r*frmd"), a.

1. Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches. The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith. Macaulay.

2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.

3. (Mil.)

Definition: Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [Eng.]

REFORM

Re*form" (r*frm"), v. t. Etym: [F. réformer, L. reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. See Form.]

Definition: 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.

Re*form", v. i.

Definition: 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.

Re*form", n. Etym: [F. réforme.]

Definition: 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.

Re-form" (r*frm"), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Re-formed (-frmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Re-forming.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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