To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
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To put into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct; as, to reform a profligate man; to reform corrupt manners or morals.
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To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
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To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…
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To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…
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Reproduced.
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Reproduced.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To make better; to improve; to meliorate.
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To change or modify in any way for the better
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Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
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An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
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That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the…
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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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To disprove or make void; to refute.
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The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…
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To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…
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The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
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To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
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One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.
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One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.
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The act or process of reclaiming.
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The act or process of reclaiming.
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The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…
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The act of reforming, or the state of being reformed; change from worse to better; correction or amendment of life, manners, or of anything vicious o…
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Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
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Forming again; having the quality of renewing form; reformatory.
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Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
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Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
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One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.
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One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.
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Reproduced.
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Reproduced.
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To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.
To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will,…
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Reproduced.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
Improve a system through structured change.
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