"re-encode" meaning in English

See re-encode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: re-encodes [present, singular, third-person], re-encoding [participle, present], re-encoded [participle, past], re-encoded [past], reencode [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English encode English re-encode From re- + encode. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|re-|encode|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English encode English re-encode [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "again", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*wre-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "re-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "re-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "encode", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "re-encode", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="re-encode"> From re- + encode. Head templates: {{en-verb}} re-encode (third-person singular simple present re-encodes, present participle re-encoding, simple past and past participle re-encoded)
  1. (transitive) To encode again. Tags: transitive Derived forms: re-encoder Translations (to convert plain text into code): επανακωδικοποιώ (epanakodikopoió) (Greek), επανακωδικογραφώ (epanakodikografó) (Greek)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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