" re-form "

[Verb]  | "re*form" | \ ri-ˈfȯrm \

1: to put or change into an improved form or condition

2: to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses

3: to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French refurmer, from Latin reformare, from re- + formare to form, from forma form;

[Verb]  | "re-form" | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈfȯrm \

1: to form again

2: to take form again

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "reform" 

1: amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved

2: removal or correction of errors or of an abuse or a wrong

3: reform judaism

Origin: 1606 ;

[Noun]  | "coun*ter*re*form" | \ ˈkau̇n-tər-ri-ˌfȯrm \

1: a reform that counters or reverses a previous reform

Origin: 1831 ;

[Noun]  | "land reform" 

1: measures designed to effect a more equitable distribution of agricultural land especially by governmental action; also : the resulting redistribution

Origin: 1846 ;

[Noun]  | "Reform Judaism" 

1: Judaism marked by a liberal approach in nonobservance of much legal tradition regarded as irrelevant to the present and in shortening and simplification of traditional ritual

Origin: circa 1905 ;

[Noun]  | "reform school" 

1: a reformatory for boys or girls

Origin: circa 1859 ;

[Adjective]  | "reform" 

1: relating to or favoring reform

2: of, relating to, or practicing Reform Judaism

Origin: 1819 ;

[Adjective]  | "an*ti-re*form" | \ ˌan-tē-ri-ˈfȯrm \

1: characterized by or expressing opposition to reform : opposing the amendment of laws, policies, or procedures

Origin: 1793 ;

[Noun]  | "reform" 

[Noun]  | "reform school" 

[Noun]  | "reform schools" 

[Verb]  | "reform"