rewire

[ree-wahyuhr]

verb (used with object)

rewired, rewiring 

1. to provide with new wiring.

   to rewire a house.

verb (used without object)

rewired, rewiring 

1. to install new wiring.

rewire

/ riːˈwaɪə /

verb

1. (tr) to provide (a house, engine, etc) with new wiring

Other Word Forms

• rewirable adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rewire¹

First recorded in 1900–05; re- + wire

Example Sentences

Over millions of years of evolution, Prof Balmus explained, naked mole-rats appear to have rewired the same pathway and "used it to their advantage".

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Carney’s policy agenda includes spurring the building on infrastructure and energy projects that can help rewire the Canadian economy and make it less reliant on a protectionist U.S.

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The prime minister has also said he wants to "rewire" the way the state works.

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Government insiders may not have appetite for any big bang changes, although they have pledged themselves on many occasions to "rewire" the government.

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Millions of patients will be treated closer to home under plans to "fundamentally rewire" the NHS in England, the prime minister has said.

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