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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it. --Swift. [1913 Webster] Syn: To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better; improve; restore; reclaim. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See {Reformation}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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: {reform}, {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: {reform}, {straighten out}, {see the light}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Reform /reːfɔrm/ reform; reformation