reform

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  1. transitive verb To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or condition.
  2. transitive verb To abolish abuse or malpractice in: reform the government.
  3. transitive verb To put an end to (a wrong). See Synonyms at correct.
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  • Marcelo Leite [pt], for one, seems to agree with the views of the blogger above, adding that the reform was an agreement which has much more to do with political and economic interests than language issues. —  Global Voices Online
  • As it's been stated before, if you think that marijuana reform is all about ***** trying to get high, then you are dumber than most stoners. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • But the same people that would be in charge of implementing the reform are the very ones who got us into this mess. —  Mises Dailies
  • This appeal, steeped in the clinical language of gender-neutral egalitarianism, implies that the main roadblock to reform is American policy-not Hispanic folkways. —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • "The President once acknowledged that single payer reform was the best option, but now he's caving in to corporate healthcare interests and completely shutting out advocates of single payer reform," Himmelstein said. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English reformen, from Old French reformer, from Latin refōrmāre : re-, re- + fōrmāre, to shape (from fōrma, form).

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  1. Early modern English also refourm; from Middle English reformen, refourmen (=D. reformeren =G. reformiren =Swedish reformera =Danish reformere), from Old French reformer, refurmer, refformer, reffourmer, form anew, reform, rectify, etc., French reformer, form anew, réformer, reform, rectify, correct, reduce, put on half-pay, =Provencal Spanish Portuguese reformar =Italian riformare, reform, from Latin reformare, form anew, remodel, remold, transform, metamorphose, change, alter, amend, reform (as manners or discipline), from re-, again, + formare, form: see form.
  2. =D. reforme =G. Swedish Danish reform; from French réforme =Spanish Portuguese reforma, =Italian riforma, reform; from the verb.
 

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