re-enginev.
/ˌriːˈɛn(d)ʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˌriˈɛndʒ(ə)n/ transitive. To replace the engines of (a ship, aeroplane, etc.).
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > construct and service aircraft or spacecraft [verb (transitive)] > fit with new engines
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > furnish with new engines
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > operate engine [verb (transitive)] > furnish with new engine
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1876 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 5 Mar. 9/3 This vessel has recently been rebuilt and re-engined for the third time with compound engines.
1889 Standard 9 Mar. Certain ships required to be re-engined.
1937 G. Sykes Colorado Delta ii. 27 The consequence was that hulls were condemned, rebuilt, or re-engined, and boilers and engines were placed in new boats.
1973 Stornoway Gaz. 2 June 2/5 The cruising speed will be 14½ knots—she has not been re-engined.
1984 Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. 35 212 Britain has offered to reengine Soviet tanks for Egypt.
2008 Aviation Week & Space Technol. (Nexis) 21 Jan. 23 The Air Force calculated last year that reengining the C-5 fleet would cost $17.8 billion.
Derivatives
re-ˈengined adj.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [adjective] > furnished with new engine
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1898 Eclectic Mag. May 710/2 It is the people and towns upon the American coast that will best pay Spain to damage, and the re-engined Pelayo should almost be able to do this with impunity.
2008 States News Service (Nexis) 11 Feb. A newly re-engined HC-65 helicopter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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