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Rewire

//ɹiːˈwaɪə(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of replacing the wires of something.

    "Meanwhile, at the Nemesis site at Burton, 47760 is close to a return to traffic after a rewire and overheal."

Verb
  1. 1
    To replace or reconnect the wires of a device or installation.

    "I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out."

  2. 2
    provide with new wiring wordnet
  3. 3
    To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic.

    "When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + wire.

Etymology 2

From re- + wire.

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