redefine

Verb

redefine (third-person singular simple present redefines, present participle redefining, simple past and past participle redefined)

1. (transitive) To define again or differently.
   • But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain...2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
   • Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. […] Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN
   1. (transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).
   2. (transitive) To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
      • Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170