verb
rewire
ree-WEYE-uh
verb
1
To replace or reconnect the electrical wiring in a building or device.
"The whole house needed to be rewired before it was safe to live in."
2
To change how something works at a deeper level, as if altering its internal wiring.
"Years of therapy helped rewire how he responded to stress."
noun
1
The act of replacing wiring in something.
"The rewire took the electrician most of a week."
How to Use Rewire
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo redo the wiring of something, literally (electrics) or figuratively (habits, thinking).
Common pairings
rewire a house
rewire the brain
need a rewire
Word Forms
rewired past tense, rewires plural, rewires singular
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Etymology
From re- ("again") plus wire.