Definition of "reconfigure" [reconfigure]

• To rearrange the elements or settings of: reconfigure the wiring in a switchboard; reconfigure a computer to accept a new peripheral. (verb-transitive)

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• "PARC researcher Mark Yim builds amazing modular robots that can self-reconfigure from a snake to a loop to a spider without stopping."
• "He said Clinton did well to "reconfigure" the Democratic party and "restored a sense of community coupled with responsibility.""
• "After he was banished, Giamatti said Rose would have to "reconfigure" his life to have any hope of reinstatement, and that standard is likely to be argued now."