"rewire" meaning in English

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          "text": "I had to rewire the circuit where the old wires had shorted out.",
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          "text": "When our companies merged, I rewired our payment processing system to handle their invoices as well.",
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        "To change the functionality of something by altering the parameters or logic."
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          "sense": "to reconfigure wiring",
          "word": "recâbler"
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