recode

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂-

Proto-Italic *kūdō

Latin cūdō?

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder.

Latin caulis?

Latin caudex

Latin cōdex

Old French codebor.

Middle English code

English code

English recode

From re- + code.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊd

Verb

recode (third-person singular simple present recodes, present participle recoding, simple past and past participle recoded)

1. (transitive) To code again or differently.
   1. (transitive) To reprogram; to refactor; to redevelop.
      • 1963, Philip M. Sherman, Programming and coding the IBM 709-7090-7094 computers, page 126:

        The program below, taken from Example 8.7, is recoded with several errors that are flaggable by the assembler.

   2. (transitive) To recipher.

      Coordinate terms: decipher, decode, decrypt, encipher, encode, encrypt, redecipher, reencrypt

Derived terms

• recoder

Anagrams

• Ceredo, decore, redeco

Galician

Verb

recode

1. third-person singular present indicative of recudir

Spanish

Verb

recode

1. inflection of recodar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative