Reform

re-f6rm', v. t. To form again, create or shape anew; esp., to restore to a former good sta^e, or bring from bad to good; to amend, correct, better, restore, reclaim. — v. i. To return to a good state; to be amended or corrected, — re. Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; amendment; rectification; correction. — Ref'orma'tion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.: change from worse to better. (Eccl. Hist.) The religious movement at the A beginning of the 16th century, which resulted in the and separation of the Protestant church from the Romish see. — Re'form a'tion, re. Act of forming anew; a sec- To ond forming in order.— Reform'ative, -tiv, a. For moil; linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. ing again; having the quality of renewing form form a tory. — Reform'atory, -to-rl, a. Tending to produce reformation. — Reformer, n. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who advocates reform in church or state, or in manner of life. (Eccl. Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the 16th century. — Reformist, n. One who is of the reformed religion; one who proposes or favors pog litical reform. 352