3. (Mil.) Retained in service on half or full pay after the disbandment
of the company or troop; -- said of an officer. [Eng.]
Re*form"er (r?*f?rm"?r), n. 1. One who effects a reformation or
amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of
manners, or of abuses.
2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion
in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.
Re*form"ist, n. [Cf. F. réformiste.] A reformer.
Re*form"ly, adv. In the manner of a reform; for the purpose of reform.
[Obs.] Milton.
Re*for`ti*fi*ca"tion (r?*f?r`t?*f?*k?"sh?n), n. A fortifying anew, or a
second time. Mitford.
Re*for"ti*fy (r?*f?r"t?*f?), v. t. To fortify anew.
Re*fos"sion (r?*f?sh"?n), n. [L. refodere, refossum, to dig up again.
See Fosse.] The act of digging up again. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Re*found" (r?*found"), v. t. [Pref. re- + found to cast; cf. F.
refondare. Cf. Refund.] 1. To found or cast anew. "Ancient bells
refounded." T. Warton.