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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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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

Every smirk that follows a scandal, every boast of getting away with it, threatens to rewire the public’s moral compass.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025

The upside of putting with the opposite hand is that it can short-circuit the brain and rewire around the yips.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Now all he had to do was rewire the radio, send a message, and wait for his contact to arrive.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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