Definition of "re-engineer" [re-engineer]

• To modify the design of an existing system, organization, process or product in order to make it more effective, efficient or responsive. (verb)

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• "Granted, real engineers are able to reverse engineer, and re-engineer (as Edwin Armstrong was able to do with De Forest's amplifier), but the term "reverse engineer" makes no distinction between an Edwin Armstrong and a copycat."
• "Chefs have been commissioned to re-engineer traditional foods to use other ingredients."
• "We do know that the method ICM use to "re-balance" (i.e. re-engineer the figures to suit past admitted voting habits) is not universally accepted."