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Definition of Rewire

1. Verb. Provide with new wiring. "The university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets"

Definition of Rewire

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

2. Verb. To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rewire

1. wire [v -WIRED, -WIRING, -WIRES] - See also: wire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rewire

Literary usage of Rewire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Boston: The Metropolis of Massachusetts, from Its Origin to the by Caleb Hopkins Snow (1828)
"7, 1822, to decide on the report as amended, when the result of the ballot- ing was as follows : Whole No. of voles 4839. lit rewire — Shall there be a City ..."

2. How to Reduce Energy Costs in Your Building by DIANE Publishing Company (1983)
"You do not have to rewire ballasts in Instant Start or Slimline fluorescent fixtures (usually identified by-foot long lamps marked "IS" at the end), ..."

3. Aircraft Electrical System Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by Tillie K. Fowler (2002)
"...that some problems are attributed to severe environmental conditions (varies with aircraft zone) and a selective rewire can be implemented in these areas ..."

4. Military Laws of the United States: To which is Prefixed the Constitution of by United States, Trueman Cross, d., United States War Dept (1825)
"i"d marshal, shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner rewire ... signed by himself, of the crime with which the said prisoner is charged. rewire a ..."

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