re-form

[ ree-fawrm ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to form again.

re-form

/ riːˈfɔːm /

verb

1. to form anew

Derived Forms

• ˌre-forˈmation, noun

Other Words From

• re-for·mation noun
• re-former noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of re-form¹

1300–50; Middle English; originally identical with reform

Example Sentences

Or perhaps the diaspora of talent will re-form and succeed while the companies who ejected them collapse and disappear.

From The Daily Beast

After ten hours' march, we arrived at the convent of Santa Maria, where we set to work to re-form our command.

From Project Gutenberg

These combinations soon began to dissolve and re-form, only to dissolve again, with a steady accompaniment of contentions.

From Project Gutenberg

But Ohio pierced their centre and Indiana rolled up both flanks and the rebel line cannot re-form with a forgery for a standard.

From Project Gutenberg

The brigade's bound to go back and re-form now, and that means that we shan't be in the trenches for a couple of months at least.

From Project Gutenberg

The anterior chamber will often take two or three weeks to re-form, owing to the hole in the cornea not closing.

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