Definitions for reclassifyriˈklæs əˌfaɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•clas•si•fyriˈklæs əˌfaɪ(v.t.)-fied, -fy•ing.

  1. to classify anew.

  2. to alter the security classification of.

Origin of reclassify:

1915–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. reclassify(verb)

    classify anew, change the previous classification

    "The zoologists had to reclassify the mollusks after they found new species"

Wiktionary

  1. reclassify(Verb)

    classify again, give a new classification to


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