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ˌre-engiˈneer, v.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To design and construct anew; also transf. and fig., to arrange or contrive anew.
1944Sun (Baltimore) 14 Dec. 4-0/3 Management and labor should decide now..whether jobs re-engineered for women will be restored to provide work for servicemen. 1946Jrnl. Inst. Electr. Engineers XCIII. iiia. 59/2 It was decided therefore to re-engineer the system using aerial arrays. 1958J. K. Galbraith Affluent Society xiii. 194 The first task of the public relations man is to ‘re-engineer’ his image to include something besides the production of goods. 1974W. Rees-Mogg Reigning Error v. 104 The most fundamental relationships of human life have been re⁓engineered in order to prevent sufferings which turned out to represent the unavoidable limitations of human existence. 1977Gramophone Feb. 1346/2 The new GT55P arm has been completely re-engineered.
So re-engiˈneered ppl. a., re-engiˈneering vbl. n.
1962Rep. Comm. Broadcasting 1960 337 in Parl. Papers 1961–2 (Cmnd. 1753) IX. 259 The importance..of planning the use of Bands IV and V (and when the time comes the re-engineered Bands I and III)..as an integrated whole. 1973C. Sagan Cosmic Connection (1974) xxii. 150 Our motivations for planetary re-engineering must be clear. 1977Time 18 Apr. 46/2 What would happen, they ask, if by accident or design, one variety of re-engineered E. coli proved dangerous? |