re-form

American  

[ree-fawrm] / riˈfɔrm /

verb (used with or without object)

1. to form again.

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re-form British  

/ riːˈfɔːm /

verb

1. to form anew

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Other Word Forms

• re-formation noun
• re-former noun

Etymology

Origin of re-form

1300–50; Middle English; originally identical with reform

Example Sentences

Big losses in 2024 — mainly Trump’s — would only be a start at compelling the Republican Party to rethink what it’s become, and to re-form.

From Los Angeles Times

The end of the RNA strand remains water-free and can spontaneously re-form new RNA bonds.

From Science Daily

It can form, melt and re-form multiple times a season — and exactly how it manifests is different each time.

From Los Angeles Times

“Until about a year ago, everybody thought the only thing you could do is take a plastic, break it back down to a monomer and then re-form it,” says Sanat Kumar, a chemical engineer at Columbia University.

From Scientific American

These materials can then be melted and remade again and again because the cross-linkers can break and re-form their bonds.

From Scientific American