Misreform :: Misreform (v. t.) To reform wrongly or imperfectly.

Preform :: Preform (v. t.) To form beforehand, or for special ends..

Preformation :: Preformation (n.) An old theory of the preexistence of germs. Cf. Embo/tement.

Preformative :: Preformative (n.) A formative letter at the beginning of a word.

Reform :: Reform (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..

Reform :: Reform (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..

Reform :: Reform (n.) Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government..

Reformable :: Reformable (a.) Capable of being reformed.

Reformade :: Reformade (n.) A reformado.

Reformado :: Reformado (v. t.) A monk of a reformed order.

Reformado :: Reformado (v. t.) An officer who, in disgrace, is deprived of his command, but retains his rank, and sometimes his pay..

Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.

Reformation :: 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..

Reformation :: Reformation (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..

Reformative :: Reformative (a.) Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.

Reformatory :: Reformatory (a.) Tending to produce reformation; reformative.

Reformatory :: Reformatory (n.) An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders.

Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches..

Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard..

Reformed :: Reformed (a.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer.

Reformer :: Reformer (n.) One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses..

Reformer :: Reformer (n.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin..

Reformist :: Reformist (n.) A reformer.

Reformly :: Reformly (adv.) In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.

Unreformation :: Unreformation (n.) Want of reformation; state of being unreformed.

Whereform :: Whereform (adv.) From which; from which or what place.

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