rewire

(redirected from rewired)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

re·wire

 (rē-wīr′)
v. re·wired, re·wir·ing, re·wires
v.tr.
To provide with new wiring: rewired the old house.
v.intr.
To install new wiring.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

rewire

(riːˈwaɪə)
vb
(Electrical Engineering) (tr) to provide (a house, engine, etc) with new wiring
reˈwirable adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rewire


Past participle: rewired
Gerund: rewiring

Imperative
rewire
rewire
Present
I rewire
you rewire
he/she/it rewires
we rewire
you rewire
they rewire
Preterite
I rewired
you rewired
he/she/it rewired
we rewired
you rewired
they rewired
Present Continuous
I am rewiring
you are rewiring
he/she/it is rewiring
we are rewiring
you are rewiring
they are rewiring
Present Perfect
I have rewired
you have rewired
he/she/it has rewired
we have rewired
you have rewired
they have rewired
Past Continuous
I was rewiring
you were rewiring
he/she/it was rewiring
we were rewiring
you were rewiring
they were rewiring
Past Perfect
I had rewired
you had rewired
he/she/it had rewired
we had rewired
you had rewired
they had rewired
Future
I will rewire
you will rewire
he/she/it will rewire
we will rewire
you will rewire
they will rewire
Future Perfect
I will have rewired
you will have rewired
he/she/it will have rewired
we will have rewired
you will have rewired
they will have rewired
Future Continuous
I will be rewiring
you will be rewiring
he/she/it will be rewiring
we will be rewiring
you will be rewiring
they will be rewiring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been rewiring
you have been rewiring
he/she/it has been rewiring
we have been rewiring
you have been rewiring
they have been rewiring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been rewiring
you will have been rewiring
he/she/it will have been rewiring
we will have been rewiring
you will have been rewiring
they will have been rewiring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been rewiring
you had been rewiring
he/she/it had been rewiring
we had been rewiring
you had been rewiring
they had been rewiring
Conditional
I would rewire
you would rewire
he/she/it would rewire
we would rewire
you would rewire
they would rewire
Past Conditional
I would have rewired
you would have rewired
he/she/it would have rewired
we would have rewired
you would have rewired
they would have rewired
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.rewire - provide with new wiring; "the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets"
wire - provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the house"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

rewire

[ˈriːˈwaɪəʳ] VT [+ house] → rehacer la instalación eléctrica de
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rewire

[ˌriːˈwaɪər] vt [+ house] → refaire l'installation électrique de
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rewire

vtneu verkabeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rewire

[ˌriːˈwaɪəʳ] vt (house) → rifare l'impianto elettrico di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
If your house is more than 30 years old and you don't know if it's been rewired, or the switches, sockets and fuse box look old, you should get an electrician to have a look at your electrical system.
AN OLD HOUSE IF your house is more than 30 years old and you don't know whether it's been rewired, or the switches, sockets and fuse box look old, you should get an electrician to have a look at your electrical system.
the 7 an old house If your house is more than 30 years old and you don't know if it's been rewired, or the switches, sockets and fuse box look old, you should get an electrician to have a look at your electrical system.
He then rewired that circuit by staying off the internet, exercising, reading books, spending time with his girlfriend.
HIGH.END furniture brand Heal's has appointed Jewellery Quarter PR firm Rewired to run its national press office.
School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It
The study led by David Litchfield of The University of Western Ontario has identified how biochemical pathways can be "rewired" in cancer cells to allow these cells to ignore signals that should normally trigger their death.
The first is ReWired and Reading: Sonja Sohn In Conversation on June 22 at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and on June 21 she will be reading Shakespeare with participants of the Croxteth-based community theatre.
The scientists also tested the patch of skin rewired with sensory nerves that originally extended to her lost hand.
During the project more than 300 light fittings, many dating to Victorian times, will be stripped down, rewired and reinstalled.
CPSC also said that about 540,000 dishwashers located in managed properties had been rewired to date.