(v. t.) 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.
(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.
(n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved
reformation
as, reform of elections
reform of government.
reformable
(a.) Capable of being reformed.
reformade
(n.) A reformado.
reformado
(v. t.) A monk of a reformed order.
(v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay.
reformalize
(v. i.) To affect reformation
to pretend to correctness.
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reformation
(n.) The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed
change from worse to better
correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious or corrupt
as, the reformation of manners
reformation of the age
reformation of abuses.
(n.) Specifically (Eccl. Hist.), the important religious movement commenced by Luther early in the sixteenth century, which resulted in the formation of the various Protestant churches.