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re-form

   [ree-fawrm]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to form again.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; orig. identical with reform

Related forms
re-for·ma·tion, noun
re-form·er, noun

Can be confused: re-form, reform.
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re-form (riːˈfɔːm)
 
—vb
to form anew
 
re-for'mation
 
—n

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