figurative. transitive. To elevate (a person or persons) to a higher moral or mental condition.

transitive. To correct, chasten; to amend.

transitive. To free (a person) from (moral or spiritual) faults; to reform or improve (a person, his or her life or soul) morally or spiritually…

To correct (authoritatively) the faults of; to amend, reform, improve (a person or thing). Obsolete.

transitive. To raise (a person) to (also out of, or from) a certain condition. Cf. raise, v.1 19 18. Obsolete.

transitive. To recall or bring back (a person) to a (right) belief, way of life, etc. Also without construction. Obsolete.

transitive. To bring back (a person) to the right course; to correct or direct rightly. Obsolete.

transitive. To save (a person) from (also †of) vice, an undesirable state, course of action, etc.; (also) to bring back or restore (a person) to…

transitive. spec. To lead or bring back (a person) from error, sin, immorality, etc.; to restore to the truth or the right faith. Obsolete.

transitive. To encourage or force (a person) to abandon a way of life regarded as wrong, and to adopt a better one; to cause to relinquish an…

transitive. To restore (a person) to a good spiritual or moral state, a way of life free from vice or undesirable behaviour; to reform. Also intrans…

transitive. To free (a person) from faults, correct. Also intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete.

transitive. = reclaim, v. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To bring into (also to, from) a certain form, state, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. In extended use: to preserve or reclaim (a person) from dissipation, immorality, or self-destruction; to be the salvation of.

transitive. To reform (an offender or one with criminal tendencies) through psychiatric treatment. (In quot. 1963 as vbl._n.) rare.