renumber

verb

re·​num·​ber (ˌ)rē-ˈnəm-bər How to pronounce renumber (audio)
renumbered; renumbering

transitive verb

: to assign new numbers to (something)
renumber the pages
… S. 1950, the Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 … . (It would later be renumbered S. 1982).Steve Contorno

Examples of renumber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The deferred funds will free up spending on some projects in the design and planning stage, such as a goal to renumber gates and terminals and improve signage for travelers. Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 The new Fred’s will replace a current retail building at 101 N. Magnolia St., but the owners will ask Crowley to renumber it as 100 N. Texas St., Wallace said. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2024 Then, in 1869, the Renumbering Committee came up with a plan to renumber each block in ascending order, eliminate duplicate numbers and fractional numbers, and reserve an adequate store of numbers for empty lots. New York Times, 27 Jan. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of renumber was in 1827

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“Renumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renumber. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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