Re"flux` (r?"fl?ks`), a. Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux
action.
Re"flux`, n. [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.] A flowing back, as the
return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.
All from me Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound.
Milton.
Re*foc"il*late (r?*f?s"?l*l?t), v. t. [L. refocillatus, p. p. of
refocillare; pref. re- re- + focillare to revive by warmth.] To
refresh; to revive. [Obs.] Aubrey.
Re*foc`il*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n. Restoration of strength by
refreshment. [Obs.] Middleton.
Re*fold" (r?*f?ld"), v. t. To fold again.
Re`fo*ment" (r?`f?*m?nt"), v. t. To foment anew.
Re*for`est*i*za`tion (r?*f?r`?st*?*z?"sh?n), n. The act or process of
reforestizing.
Re*for"est*ize (r?*f?r"?st*?z), v. t. To convert again into a forest;
to plant again with trees.
Re*forge" (r?*f?rj"), v. t. [Pref. re- + forge: cf. F. reforger.] To
forge again or anew; hence, to fashion or fabricate anew; to make over.
Udall.
Re*for"ger (r?*f?r"j?r), n. One who reforges.
Re*form" (r?*f?rm"), v. t. [F. réformer, L. reformare; pref. re- re- +
formare to form, from forma form. See Form.] 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.
The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that
of a good one will not reform it.
Swift.
Syn. -- To amend; correct; emend; rectify; mend; repair; better;
improve; restore; reclaim.
Re*form", v. i. To return to a good state; to amend or correct one's
own character or habits; as, a man of settled habits of vice will
seldom reform.
Re*form", n. [F. réforme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious,
corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of
government.
Civil service reform. See under Civil. -- Reform acts (Eng. Politics),
acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and
equalizing popular representation in Parliament. -- Reform school, a
school established by a state or city government, for the confinement,
instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young
persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.]
Syn. -- Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See
Reformation.
Re-form" (r?*f?rm"), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Re-formed (-f?rmd"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Re-forming.] To give a new form to; to form anew; to take
form again, or to take a new form; as, to re- form the line after a
charge.
Re*form"a*ble (r?*f?rm"?*b'l), a. Capable of being reformed. Foxe.