Re-formed

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reformed \Re*formed"\ (r?*f?rmd"), a.
     1. 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.
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              The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed
              faith.                                --Macaulay.
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     2. Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or
        drunkard.
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     3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the
        disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an
        officer. [Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  re-formed
       adj : formed again or anew; "the re-formed scout troop has been
             very active"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Reformed
       adj 1: of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity
              arising during the Reformation; used of some
              Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct
              from Lutheran; "Dutch Reformed theology"
       2: caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good
          one; "a reformed drunkard"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "reformed":
     advanced, altered, ameliorated, assimilated, beautified, better,
     bettered, bowdlerized, changeable, changed, civilized, cleaned,
     cleaned up, cleansed, converted, cultivated, cultured, degenerate,
     developed, deviant, divergent, educated, embellished, enhanced,
     enriched, expurgated, improved, metamorphosed, metastasized,
     modified, mutant, naturalized, perfected, polished, purged,
     purified, qualified, reborn, rebuilt, redeemed, refined,
     regenerated, renewed, revived, revolutionary, spruce, subversive,
     tidy, transfigured, transformed, translated, transmuted,
     unmitigated, worse