Definition of "redefine"

redefine

verb
third-person singular simple present redefines, present participle redefining, simple past and past participle redefined
1. (transitive) To define again or differently.
  1. (transitive) To give a new or different definition to (a word).
  2. (transitive, computing) To define a previously defined area of storage etc. in a different manner, e.g. changing it from textual to numeric.
    Quotations
    Next the "key redefiner" software came along. These were special programs that could "redefine" the keys on your keyboard , while still permitting you the normal use of the keys.
    1992, Herman Holtz, Databased Marketing, page 170