Definition of Re-formation

1. Noun. Forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting.

Exact synonyms: Regeneration
Generic synonyms: Reconstruction
Derivative terms: Regenerate, Regenerate, Regenerate

Definition of Re-formation

1. Noun. A new formation (a subsequent coming together of the elements of a former grouping) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Re-formation

re-examining
re-experiencing
re-explain
re-explained
re-explaining
re-explains
re-explore
re-express
re-expressed
re-expresses
re-expressing
re-extend
re-extended
re-extending
re-extends
re-formation (current term)
re-formed
re-frame
re-framed
re-frames
re-framing
re-fuse
re-fused
re-fuses
re-fusing
re-identification
re-incorporate
re-inkable
re-introduce
re-introduction

Literary usage of Re-formation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"... they covered its re-formation, an drove back the enemy. A reconnoissance was made across the river on the evening of the nineteenth, which resulted in ..."

2. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Effects of temperature on the solution and re-formation of starch, ii. Starch- trees and Fat-trees. Causes of the formation and disappearance of fat. iii. ..."

3. A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers by James A. Mowris (1866)
"Take passage on board Transport "Blackstone," Capt. Berry.—Arrive at Fort Monroe.—Proceed to Gloucester Point.—re-formation of the 10th Army Corps. ..."

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