retro-engineer (English, verb)
expansion: retro-engineer (third-person singular simple present retro-engineers, present participle retro-engineering, simple past and past participle retro-engineered)
Senses:
glosses: To reverse-engineer; to analyze (an existing item) in order to determine how to replicate it.
tags: transitive
glosses: To develop (a process) by starting with the goal and working backwards to determine the steps needed to achieve it.
tags: transitive
glosses: To revise or adapt (an existing item or process) in order to achieve a new purpose.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: retro-engineers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: retro-engineering
tags: participle
present
form: retro-engineered
tags: participle
past
form: retro-engineered
tags: past