redefine

From re- +‎ define.

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redefine (third-person singular simple present redefines, present participle redefining, simple past and past participle redefined)

1. (transitive) To define again or differently.
   • 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2021:

     But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.

   • 2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. […] Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.

   1. (transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).
   2. (transitive, computing) To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
      • 1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170:

        Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.

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redefine

1. inflection of redefinir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

redefine

1. inflection of redefinir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative