Definition of "reclassify" [reclassify]

• Classify again, give a new classification to (verb)

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• ""They can do nothing [and] accept Bush's handicapping and an unregulated Internet, or they can 'reclassify' broadband as a telecommunications service -- which the Supreme Court said was in their power -- fixing a Bush mistake and returning the Internet to the regulatory framework Congress intended.""
• "Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Genachowski giving him the green light to "reclassify" broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act -- the only way the FCC can protect an open Internet and get high-speed service to low income and rural America."
• "The path the FCC is considering is whether to "reclassify" Internet access services under a category - Title II - that would allow it to protect Net Neutrality and foster universal access to broadband."