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

Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge report that the human brain moves through five "major epochs" as it rewires itself from early development to late old age.

From Science Daily

Executing the plan requires rewiring mentalities, erasing almost a generation’s worth of habits.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are witnesses to what author Jonathan Haidt calls “the great rewiring of childhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The internet rewired work in unpredictable ways, which could tell us a lot about AI’s likely impact.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you were looking only for a sudden surge of “internet jobs,” you missed the real headline: The internet slipped inside almost every job and rewired how work got done.

From The Wall Street Journal