rewire

American

[ree-wahyuhr] / riˈwaɪər /

verb (used with object)

rewired, rewiring

to provide with new wiring.

to rewire a house.

verb (used without object)

rewired, rewiring

to install new wiring.

rewire British

/ riːˈwaɪə /

verb

(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

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Roche is trying to better understand how to rewire the brain to ensure lasting weight loss, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

It takes a special eye and tenacity for a coach to rewire decades of bad habits, Bell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

AI promises to fundamentally rewire the mechanics of how the world searches, shops, advertises and writes code, leaving no corner of these tech companies’ territory untouched.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 7, 2026

"This could one day allow us to rewire faulty connections and improve brain performance."

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

“We know the brain is rewirable, the question is to rewire it properly. “Were in the primitive age of brain training.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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