re-form
Shape up anew
Re-form means to form again or anew—to reconstitute something that had dispersed or dissolved.
Troops re-form after scattering; a band re-forms years after breaking up.
The hyphen distinguishes it from reform (to improve or correct): The committee will re-form next month versus The committee will reform its procedures.
Shape something again
- recastReform or reassign roles
- refashionMake over anew
- remodelReconstruct or redesign
- reworkModify something already made
reconfigure · restructure · redesign · reconceive · reimagine · reinvent · make over · restyle
Restore to original form
- regroupReassemble after dispersal
- reconveneMeet again after adjournment
- reuniteJoin after separation
- rallyGathering for a cause
reorganize · reconstitute · reestablish · regather · rebuild · reconstruct · recombine · rejoin
remold
Shape something again
rework · reconfigure · restructure · redesign · reconceive · reimagine · reinvent · make over · restyle · reframe
reassemble
Restore to original form
rally · reorganize · reconstitute · reestablish · regather · rebuild · reconstruct · recombine · rejoin · piece together
ranks
Positions in hierarchy
battalion · troops · soldiers · parade · drill · maneuver · flank · march · assemble · fall in
re-formdisintegrate
Break into fragments
break apart · dissolve · disband · scatter · disperse
re-formcreate
Cause to exist
form · establish · originate · found · inaugurate
re-formcease to exist
Terminate one's being
terminate · end · fold · close down · shut down