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Reformative

Definition: Reformative

Reformative

Adjective

1. Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Synonym: Reformative

Synonym: reformatory (adj). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Reformative

"Reformative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reformative" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2569,787

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Reformative

Language Translations for "reformative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

reformues (reformer), korrigjues (correctional, corrective). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏إصلاحي (corrective, penitentiary, reformist). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

реформаторски (reformatory), изправителен (amendatory, penitentiary). (various references)

   

French

  

réformateur (reformer), de réforme. (various references)

   

German

  

neu bildend. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεταρρυθμιστικόσ (reformatory), αναμορφωτικόσ (anamorphic, reformational). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

reform- (reformatory). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eformativeray

   

Portuguese

  

reformativo. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

reformator (reformatory, reformer, reforming, reorganizer), de reformã, corecţional (correctional), casã de corecţie (bridewell, penitentiary, reformatory, workhouse). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

реформирующий. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

reformativan (reformatory), popravni (correctional, corrective, disciplinary, reformatory, remedial). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reformativo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

reformativ. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

reform (reform, reformatory), iyileştirici (amendatory, curative, healing, recuperative, reformatory, regenerative, remedial, therapeutic), düzeltici (amendatory, correctional, corrective, corrector, corrector of the press, emendatory, improver, proofreader, rectifier, reformatory, regenerative). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

що реформу", виправний (correctional, corrective, corrigible, curative, penitentiary, redeemable, reformatory, remedial). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

để cải tạo, để cải cách. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Reformative"

Words rhyming with "reformative" (pronounced 'Re*form"a*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive, Applicative, Appositive, Appreciative, Approbative, Appropriative, Approximative, Arbustive, Architective, Argumentative, Arrogative, Articulative, Asseverative, Assimilative, Associative, Assumptive, Astrictive, Astructive, Attentive, Attestative, Auditive, Authoritative, Benedictive, Calculative, Calefactive, Chylifactive, Circulative, Circumscriptive, Circumspective, Coactive, Coadjutive, Coagulative, Coercitive, Cogitative, Cognitive, Cognoscitive, Collative, Colliquative, Commemorative, Commiserative, Commonitive, Communicative, Commutative, Compellative, Competitive, Completive, Complimentative, Compositive, Compulsative, Compunctive, Conative, Concentrative, Conceptive, Concertative, Conciliative, Concretive, Condensative, Confederative, Confirmative, Confutative, Conglutinative, Conjunctive, Connotative, Consecutive, Conservative, Considerative, Consignificative, Consolidative, Constitutive, Consultative, Consummative, Contamitive, Continuative, Contortive, Contributive, Convective, Conversative, Cooperative, Coordinative, Cosignificative, Costive, Creative, Criminative, Cucurbitive, Cumulative, Cunctative, Curative, Curvative, Deceptive, Declarative, Decorative, Decretive, Decussative, Defensative, Defunctive, Degenerative, Dehortative, Deletive, Denotative, Denunciative, Deoppilative, Depletive, Deprecative, Depreciative, Depurative, Derogative, Descriptive, Desiccative, Designative, Diffinitive, Diffractive, Disassimilative, Discerptive, Discretive, Discriminative, Dispensative, Dispositive, Disputative, Disquisitive, Disseminative, Dissipative, Dissociative, Dissolvative, Distinctive, Distractive, Dominative, Dormitive, Dubitative, Duplicative, Durative, Educative, Eductive, Edulcorative, Elaborative, Elative, Electro-motive, Eliminative, Elocutive, Elucidative, Emanative, Emotive, Emulative, Enervative, Ententive, Entitative, Enumerative, Enunciative, Erative, Estimative, Evacuative, Evocative, Exaggerative, Excalfactive, Excerptive, Excitative, Exclamative, Excrementive, Excretive, Exfoliative, Exhortative, Exonerative, Exortive, Expectorative, Expeditive, Experimentative, Explanative, Explicative, Explorative, Expositive, Exquisitive, Exsiccative, Extirpative, Extroitive, Exulcerative, Factitive, Factive, Facultative, Federative, Fermentative, festive, fictive, Finative, fixative, Flative, Forgetive, Fotive, Frequentative, fricative, Frigefactive, Fruitive, frustrative, furtive, generative, Germinative, Glutinative, gravitative, Gubernative, Hastive, Hesitative, Humective, Illuminative, illustrative, imaginative, Imbricative, Impeditive, Imperceptive, Impetrative, implicative, Imputative, inactive, inattentive, Inauthoritative, Incarnative, Incerative, Incitative, Incogitative, incommunicative, incorporative, Incubative, Indagative, Indescriptive, Indictive, Indiscriminative, Indistinctive, Induplicative, Indutive, Infiltrative, Infirmative, Inflammative, informative, Inirritative, Innative, innovative, Innutritive, inoperative, Inscriptive, insensitive, Insignificative, Insinuative, instinctive, Institutive, Insusceptive, Intellective, Intempestive, Intensative, Intensitive, Intentive, Interadditive, Interpenetrative, interpretative, interpretive, Interstinctive, intransitive, Introductive, introspective, intuitive, investigative, Irreceptive, Irrelative, irrespective, Irretentive, irritative, irruptive, iterative, Judicative, Jurisdictive, justificative, Lacerative, laxative, legislative, locative, lucrative, Magnetomotive, manipulative, Manumotive, Mediative, medicative, meditative, Memorative, Ministrative, Miscreative, Misrepresentative, mitigative, Modificative, Monitive, Mordicative, Multiplicative, Mundificative, Native, Nauseative, Nominative, Nonsensitive, Numerative, Nuncupative, Nutritive, Obliterative, Observative, Obstupefactive, Olfactive, Omnispective, Opinative, Opiniative, Opinionative, Oppilative, Oppositive, Ordinative, Originative, Ortive, Oscillative, Ostentive, Overdtive, Palative, Parthenogenitive, Participative, Parturitive, Pedomotive, Pejorative, Pendentive, Penetrative, Pensative, Perceptive, Perforative, Perspirative, Perturbative, Petrifactive, Philoprogenitive, Pignorative, Plaintive, Portative, Postpositive, Potestative, Poultive, Practive, Preceptive, Predestinative, Predicative, Preemptive, Prefigurative, Preformative, Prejudicative, Prepositive, Prerogative, Prescriptive, Presentative, Presumptive, Pretentative, Preteritive, Preventative, Probative, Procreative, Productive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Reformative

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-m-o-r-r-t-v"

-1 letter: variometer.

-2 letters: formative, reformate.

-3 letters: aeriform, favorite, foretime, overfear, overrate, overrife, overtame, overtime, overtire, overtrim, reformat, retiform, variform.

-4 letters: armoire, emerita, emirate, emotive, evertor, favorer, fermate, ferrate, ferrite, firearm, foamier, forearm, forever, formate, foveate, meatier, miterer, overarm, overate, overeat, overfar, overfat, reframe, remoter, remover, riveter, rotifer, tearier, triform, trireme, vitamer, vomiter.

-5 letters: aerier, afreet, arrive, artier, emoter, faerie, fairer, farmer, fearer, feater, femora, feriae, ferret, fervor, firmer, foamer, fomite, format, formee, former, forrit, foveae, framer, frater, imaret, irater, maftir, meteor, metier, mortar, motive, rafter, reamer, reaver, reemit, refire, reform, reiver, remate, remora, remote, remove, reteam, retear, retime, retire, retore, retrim, revert, revote, riever, rioter, roamer, tearer, termer, termor, terrae, tremor, trimer, trover, varier, verier, verite, vetoer, viator.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-m-o-r-r-t-v"
 

+1 letter: performative.

 

+2 letters: performatives.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Reformative


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#102 &#111 &#114 &#109 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0066 006F 0072 006D 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271728184796786758871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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