re-form

American

[ree-fawrm] / riˈfɔrm /

verb (used with or without object)

to form again.

re-form British

/ riːˈfɔːm /

verb

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

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The bears probably hadn’t eaten much in the five months they’d been waiting for the sea ice to re-form.

From Literature

He would have been fasting for months while waiting for the sea ice to re-form, but he was still twice as big as the bear that had wrecked them before.

From Literature

The thicket starts to re-form.

From Literature

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

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