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back-engineer

back-engineer verb: synonym of reverse-engineer.

Verb

back-engineer (third-person singular simple present back-engineers, present participle back-engineering, simple past and past participle back-engineered)

  1. Synonym of reverse-engineer.

Synonyms of back-engineer

Forms of back-engineer

third-person singular presentback-engineers
present participleback-engineering
past participleback-engineered
pastback-engineered

Questions about back-engineer

What does back-engineer mean?
Back-engineer means synonym of reverse-engineer.
What part of speech is back-engineer?
Back-engineer is a verb.
What is the past tense of back-engineer?
The past tense of back-engineer is back-engineered.

Words near back-engineer in the dictionary

  1. back-door pilots
  2. back-double
  3. back-doubles
  4. back-end
  5. back-ends
  6. back-engineer
  7. back-engineered
  8. back-engineering
  9. back-engineers
  10. back-fence
  11. back-fill

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