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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.

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rewire

(riːˈwaɪə)

(Electrical Engineering) (tr) to provide (a house, engine, etc) with new wiring

reˈwirable adj

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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

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Verb

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"

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

[ˌriːˈwaɪə^r] vt [+ house] → refaire l'installation électrique de

rewire

vt → neu verkabeln

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rewire

[ˌriːˈwaɪəʳ] vt (house) → rifare l'impianto elettrico di

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