REDEFINE

redefine

(verb) give a new or different definition of (a word)

redefine

(verb) give a new or different definition to; “She redefined his duties”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To define again or differently.

(transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).

(transitive, computing) To define an area of storage, that has already been defined, in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.

Anagrams

• fineered, need-fire, needfire

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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