Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before. · To modify (a lock or its cylinder) to change which keys will open it. · To change the key or tenor of; to reframe.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Old English cǣġ Middle English keye English key English rekey From re- + key.
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