REFORMING

Verb

reforming

present participle of reform

Noun

reforming (plural reformings)

reformation

(chemistry) A catalytic process, whereby short-chain molecules are combined to make larger ones; used in the petrochemical industry.

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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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