Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To form again.
- intransitive verb To become formed again.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form.
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Examples
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He calls himself a reformer, which these days means he wants to re-form student test scores into teacher evaluation scores.
Larry Strauss: Hail to the Incoming Superintendent Larry Strauss 2011
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The e-ink has to re-form itself into the new letters so you get a sort of “flash” effect and the page appears in negative and then the new page is on the screen.
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My body began to re-form, became solid again, and slid back to the gate, but I fought the sensation.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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The new super, John Deasy, calls himself a reformer, which these days means he wants to re-form student test scores into teacher evaluation scores.
Larry Strauss: Hail to the Incoming Superintendent Larry Strauss 2011
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The new super, John Deasy, calls himself a reformer, which these days means he wants to re-form student test scores into teacher evaluation scores.
Larry Strauss: Hail to the Incoming Superintendent Larry Strauss 2011
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My Wurlitzer really was original to the building, though it had been sold to a collector when I got blown up and had my assets seized while I was trying to re-form.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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If my body is destroyed, then I re-form at my memento mori, right?
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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“You would simply re-form at your memento mori, true, but we have no desire for your honeymoon to end in such despair, so instead we are banning you from—”
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Her hands blurred as she jabbed it where she thought my heart would re-form.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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He calls himself a reformer, which these days means he wants to re-form student test scores into teacher evaluation scores.
Larry Strauss: Hail to the Incoming Superintendent Larry Strauss 2011
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