reformed Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices
reform.
- reform a political system
verb bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
regenerate; rectify; reclaim; reform.
- The Church reformed me
- reform your conduct
verb produce by cracking
reform.
- reform gas
verb break up the molecules of
reform.
- reform oil
verb improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition
reform.
- reform the health system in this country
verb change for the better
straighten out; see the light; reform.
- The lazy student promised to reform
- the habitual cheater finally saw the light
adjective satellite of or relating to the body of Protestant Christianity arising during the Reformation; used of some Protestant churches especially Calvinist as distinct from Lutheran
- Dutch Reformed theology
adjective satellite caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one
- a reformed drunkard

Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation. Also, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. The Protestant churches founded by them in Switzerland, France, Holland, and part of Germany, were called the Reformed churches.
The town was one of the strongholds of the Reformed faith. Macaulay.
Amended in character and life; as, a reformed gambler or drunkard.
(Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. Eng.