reclassify

[ ree-klas-uh-fahy ]
/ riˈklæs əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object), re·clas·si·fied, re·clas·si·fy·ing.

to classify anew.
to change the security classification of (information, a document, etc.).

Origin of reclassify

First recorded in 1915–20; re- + classify

OTHER WORDS FROM reclassify

re·clas·si·fi·ca·tion, noun

Example sentences from the Web for reclassified

  • A word that has reclassified in an entertaining manner our impermeable and eternal ignorance.

    The Roycroft Dictionary |Elbert Hubbard
  • But if Zarathustra were reclassified, Nick would be finished.

    Little Fuzzy |Henry Beam Piper
  • Men were to be reclassified and everyone assigned to the class for which he was best fitted.