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re-formation|riːfɔːˈmeɪʃən|
[Orig. the same word as prec.; in later use f. re- 5 a + formation (cf. re-form v.).]
The action of forming again; a second or new formation.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. ii. vi. 520 (MS. Cott.), Til conclusion Off þis reformacion [of mankind] Þis Owide maid þis ilka wersse. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. B iv b, One is very regeneracion, whiche is very reformacion of the membre in the same selfe substaunce, forme [etc.]. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth vi. 265 There were the same Measures taken..in this Re-Formation of it, that were when 'twas first built. 1761Ann. Reg. ii. 38/1 The first formation of the earth at the creation, the reformation after the deluge. 1831Brewster Nat. Magic iv. (1833) 93 The re-formation of distorted pictures by reflection from cylindrical and conical mirrors. 1875J. Croll Climate & T. xxii. 361 The materials composing our stratified beds may have passed through many cycles of destruction and re-formation. |