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re-engine

UK/ɹiːɛnd͡ʒɪn/

re-engine is the alternative form of reengine.

Meaning of reengine

Verb

reengine (third-person singular simple present reengines, present participle reengining, simple past and past participle reengined)

  1. To put in a new engine.
    • They were re-engined and modified as required, then had either turntables attached for semis or else traybodies fitted and some trailers tacked on.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 47

Forms of re-engine

third-person singular presentre-engines
present participlere-engining
past participlere-engined
pastre-engined

Origin of re-engine

From re- + engine.

Questions about re-engine

What is re-engine the alternative form of?
Re-engine is the alternative form of reengine.
How do you pronounce re-engine?
Re-engine is pronounced /ɹiːɛnd͡ʒɪn/ (UK).

Words near re-engine in the dictionary

  1. re-enforcing
  2. re-engage
  3. re-engaged
  4. re-engages
  5. re-engaging
  6. re-engine
  7. re-engined
  8. re-engineer
  9. re-engineered
  10. re-engineering
  11. re-engineerings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: re-engine (page history and authors); reengine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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