REFORM

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French refurmer, from Latin ~are, from re- + formare to form, from forma form Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to put or change into an improved form or condition, to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses, to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action, to induce or cause to abandon evil ways , 4. to subject (hydrocarbons) to cracking, to produce (as gasoline or gas) by cracking, intransitive verb to become changed for the better, see: correct ~ability noun ~able adjective II. noun Date: 1663 amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved, a removal or correction of an abuse, a wrong, or errors, Reform Judaism , III. adjective Date: 1819 relating to or favoring ~