Re-engineer
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To modify the design of an existing system, organization, process or product in order to make it more effective, efficient or responsive. transitive
"More specifically I would like to see whether and under what conditions we could re-engineer the utopia of a borderless world, and by extension, a borderless Africa, since, as far as I know, Africa is part of the world. And the world is part of Africa."
Example
More examples"More specifically I would like to see whether and under what conditions we could re-engineer the utopia of a borderless world, and by extension, a borderless Africa, since, as far as I know, Africa is part of the world. And the world is part of Africa."
Etymology
From re- + engineer.
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