reconfigure
verb
re·con·fig·ure
(ˌ)rē-kən-ˈfi-gyər 
especially British -ˈfi-gə
reconfigured; reconfiguring; reconfigures
: to rearrange (something) into an altered form, figure, shape, or layout : to configure (something) again or in a new way
Back in the business end of the airplane, built-in features allow the single loadmaster to reconfigure the cargo bay for different types of loads in under an hour in flight.—
Richard DeMeis
Richard DeMeisNeuroimaging suggested that his brain had essentially reconfigured itself—surviving neurons bypassed dead ones and forged new connections to one another.—Jeneen Interlandi
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How Adams will try to win Adams would have to reconfigure his multiracial base of working-class New Yorkers in the city’s outer boroughs.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Dick’s looked at trying to reconfigure its store in the Orland Park Place shopping center on La Grange Road south of the mall, but that site didn’t work, Corno said.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Example: Policy change causes the ACP to reconfigure agent permissions; security agent approval is necessary prior to re-deploying a Kubernetes cluster.
—Venkatadri Marella, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Hexagon hasn’t publicly given a construction timetable for the Windsor Locks project, but intends to reconfigure the existing 52,000-square-foot building without new additions.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 June 2025
Dick’s looked at trying to reconfigure its store in the Orland Park Place shopping center on La Grange Road south of the mall, but that site didn’t work, Corno said.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Example: Policy change causes the ACP to reconfigure agent permissions; security agent approval is necessary prior to re-deploying a Kubernetes cluster.
—Venkatadri Marella, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Hexagon hasn’t publicly given a construction timetable for the Windsor Locks project, but intends to reconfigure the existing 52,000-square-foot building without new additions.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
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“Reconfigure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reconfigure. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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