Rewire Definition

rē-wīr
rewired, rewires, rewiring
verb
To provide with new wiring.
Rewired the old house.
American Heritage
To wire again or anew.
Webster's New World
To install new wiring.
American Heritage

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.
Wiktionary

Origin of Rewire

  • re- +"Ž wire

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Rewire Sentence Examples

  • The next task is to rewire the damaged fire circuit.

  • But we wo n't waste too much time on it - we 're due to rewire the while building in six weeks ' time.

  • A track lighting system allows the user to slide the light along a track or rail, moving it to a new location without the need to rewire a fixture.

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