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Reform - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Reform : (noun)
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"
(verb)
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: 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: straighten out, see the light]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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REFORM. To reorganize; to rearrange as, the jury "shall be reformed by
putting to and taking out of the persons so impanelled." Stat. 3 H. VIII. c.
12; Bac. Ab. Juries, A.
2. ToReform : an instrument in equity, is to make a decree that a deed
or other agreement shall be made or construed as it was originally intended
by the parties, when an error or mistake as to a fact has been committed. A
contract has been reformed, although the party applying to the court was in
the legal profession, and he himself drew the contract, it appearing clear
that it was framed so as to admit of a construction inconsistent with the
true agreement of the parties. 1 Sim. & Stu. 210; 3 Russ. R. 424. But a
contract will not be reformed in consequence of an error of law. 1 Russ. &
M. 418; 1 Chit. Pr. 124.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Reform, AL (city, FIPS 64104)
Location: 33.37956 N, 88.01670 W
Population (1990): 2105 (878 housing units)
Area: 20.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35481
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Reform |
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awolkunazz318: Senate passes health Reform bill. Now the conference between Senate & House begins. Go to http://FinishReformRight.com and send a letter ... |
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TheAlien01: THE ONLY WAY THE HEALTH CARE BILL CAN WORK IS IF THE USA IS DEPOPULATED TO A POINT WHERE IT ,THE HEALTH CARE Reform,CAN WORK. |
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cbsandrewcohen: I'm betting we'll be covering legal challenges to health care Reform well into the next decade. Can Congress force people to have insurance? |
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