recode

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verb

To reprogram; to refactor; to redevelop.

OriginEnglish code ← Middle English code ← Old French code →
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Meanings

verbrecode (third-person singular simple present recodes, present participle recoding, simple past and past participle recoded)

present singular third person recodes · participle present recoding · participle past recoded · past recoded

  1. To code again or differently.
    1. transitiveTo reprogram; to refactor; to redevelop.

      The program below, taken from Example 8.7, is recoded with several errors that are flaggable by the assembler.

      1963, Philip M. Sherman, Programming and coding the IBM 709-7090-7094 computers, page 126
    2. transitiveTo recipher.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
recipherreencryptreprogram

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincaudex
  7. Latincōdex
  8. Old Frenchcode
  9. Middle Englishcode
  10. Englishcode
  11. Englishrecode

From re- + code.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with recode

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All rhymes →

Anagrams

decoreCeredoredeco
Cite this entry
APA

recode. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recode

MLA

“recode.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recode. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recode,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recode.

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