rewire

American  

[ree-wahyuhr] / riˈwaɪər /

verb (used with object)

rewired, rewiring

1. to provide with new wiring.

   to rewire a house.

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verb (used without object)

rewired, rewiring

1. to install new wiring.

rewire British  

/ riːˈwaɪə /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• rewirable adjective

Etymology

Origin of rewire

First recorded in 1900–05; re- + wire

Example Sentences

The transformation could be down to the pruning of nerve networks, and changes to blood vessels and cells that support nerves, says Carmona, and could represent the brain rewiring in a positive way.

From BBC

Through some inventive structures and a playful rewiring of romantic tropes going back to Homer, Groff stitches together a portrait of a marriage that she then carefully unravels.

From Los Angeles Times

But Germany shows how hard it is to rewire relations with China.

From The Wall Street Journal

One answer lies in boosting neuroplasticity — the brain’s ability to rewire itself.

From Science Daily

The researchers found that the most significant gene disruptions occur in excitatory neurons -- the nerve cells that send activating signals -- where nearly 6,000 cause-and-effect interactions revealed extensive genetic rewiring as Alzheimer's progresses.

From Science Daily