Category:Reform

Re*form" (r*frm"), v. t. Etym: [f. réformer, l. reformare; pref. re- Re- + formare to form, from forma form. See form.]

Defn: 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.

Reform Re*form", v. i.

Defn: 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.

Reform Re*form", n. Etym: [f. réforme.]

Defn: 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.