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re-form

American  
[ree-fawrm] / riˈfɔrm /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to form again.


re-form British  
/ riːˈfɔːm /

verb

  1. to form anew

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of re-form

1300–50; Middle English; originally identical with reform

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Flying through the mountains, Hig sometimes picks up chatter on the radio from an airport in Grand Junction, Colo. Could this be the place where society is starting to re-form?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

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

From Science Daily Mar. 22, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 23, 2024

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 Oct. 1, 2023

“You will find your partners and re-form your line,” Aunt Lydia says into the mike.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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