renumber

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verb

To number again, to assign new numbers to.

OriginEnglish number ← Middle English nombre ← Anglo-Norman noumbre →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

verbrenumber (third-person singular simple present renumbers, present participle renumbering, simple past and past participle renumbered)

present singular third person renumbers · participle present renumbering · participle past renumbered · past renumbered

  1. To number again, to assign new numbers to.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latinnumerus
  7. Anglo-Normannoumbre
  8. Middle Englishnombre
  9. Englishnumber
  10. Englishrenumber

From re- + number.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

numberer
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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