- reformative
- adjective Date: 1593 intended or tending to reform
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Reformative — Re*form a*tive (r?*f?rm ?*t?v), a. Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory. Good. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reformative — index disciplinary (punitory), medicinal, progressive (advocating change), remedial, repentant Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
reformative — reform ► VERB 1) make changes in (something) in order to improve it. 2) cause to abandon an immoral or criminal lifestyle. ► NOUN ▪ the action or process of reforming. DERIVATIVES reformable adjective reformative adjective reformer noun … English terms dictionary
reformative — re·for·ma·tive (rĭ fôrʹmə tĭv) adj. Serving to induce reform. * * * … Universalium
reformative — adjective That serves to reform or correct … Wiktionary
reformative — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Tending to correct: amendatory, corrective, emendatory, reformatory, remedial. See CORRECT … English dictionary for students
reformative — adj. correcting, fixing, changing, amending … English contemporary dictionary
reformative — a.; (also reformatory) Reforming … New dictionary of synonyms
reformative — re·for·ma·tive … English syllables
reformative — adj. tending or intended to produce reform. Etymology: OF reformatif ive or med.L reformativus (as REFORM) … Useful english dictionary
