(Homonym: altar).
1. To make an alteration to.
2. Said of animals: spay, neuter.
1. To add a modifier to a constituent; in grammar; SYN. qualify.
2. To make modifications (to)
ETYM French réformer, Latin reformare; pref. re- re- + formare to form, from forma form. Related to Form.
1. To change for the better; SYN. straighten out.
2. To make reforms in; change for the better.
3. To subject to spiritual regeneration; SYN. regenerate.
4. To produce by cracking, of oil or gas.
5. To break up the molecules (of oil or gas).
To do over, as of (part of) a house; SYN. reconstruct, redo.
(Alternate spelling: reorganise).
1. To organize anew, as after a setback; SYN. regroup.
2. To organize anew; SYN. shake up.
1. To send in the opposite direction
2. To overrule or overturn a decision
(Alternate spelling: revolutionise).
1. To change radically; SYN. overturn.
2. To fill with revolutionary ideas; SYN. inspire, infect.
3. To overthrow by a revolution, of governments.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: rewrote, rewritten).
To write differently; alter the writing of.