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Synonyms for reformed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-fawrmd
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfɔrmd

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Définition of reformed

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to convert into another and better form," from Old French reformer "rebuild, reconstruct, recreate" (12c.), from Latin reformare "to form again, change, transform, alter," from re- "again" (see re-) + formare "to form" (see form (n.)). Intransitive sense from 1580s.
  • Meaning "to bring (a person) away from an evil course of life" is recorded from early 15c.; of governments, institutions, etc., from early 15c. Related: Reformed; reforming. Reformed churches (1580s) usually are Calvinist as opposed to Lutheran. Reformed Judaism (1843) is a movement initiated in Germany by Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786). Reform school is attested from 1859.
  • adj changed
  • adj changed for the better in behavior
Example sentences :
  • It must not be supposed that this spring day in the spring places had reformed his manner of delivery.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The consequence was that many of the workhouses were reformed and improved.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Why not add one good one to your account, by risking your life for the reformed faith?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • And if one can not be reformed by them, it is proof positive that he ought not to be at large.
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • The procession was then reformed and went in the same order to the tomb.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • The line was then reformed with the Sixth on the left of the Fifth.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • They cut off my head before my partisans, believing that thus I will be reformed.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • The Albigenses were a people of the reformed religion, who inhabited the country of Albi.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • He was to serve as a hostage for the obedience of the reformed churches.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird

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