reimplement

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verb

To implement again or differently.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

verbreimplement (third-person singular simple present reimplements, present participle reimplementing, simple past and past participle reimplemented)

present singular third person reimplements · participle present reimplementing · participle past reimplemented · past reimplemented

  1. To implement again or differently.

    1999, Hofmeister et al, Applied Software Architecture A rough estimate of effort required to redesign and reimplement all of the software suggests that it will take longer than two years.

    1 more example

    So we've shown that it's feasible to understand regions of the human brain and nervous system and reimplement those regions with conventional electronics.

    2003, John Brockman, The New Humanists: Science at the Edge

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishimplement
  7. Englishreimplement

From re- + implement.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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