Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To solder or mend again; rejoin; make whole again.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To solder again.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

re- +‎ solder

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Examples

  • The pitch antenna of the Etherwave Signature broke loose on the drive home tonight when it shifted suddenly, so now I have a wire to resolder.

    Phasmatodea#7@Nightlight AAR badger 2004

  • Got the Airport software downloaded to the older powerbook so I can move stuff over to it in order to send the newer one into Apple to fix the disk noise & resolder the headphone jack: the DSL I use at home has been down since Monday and I didn't want to download almost 9 Mb over a 56k dialup I keep as backup.

    catchup: vet, cancelled, dotbombfallout, Gaiman's smoke&mirrors, shopping, triLUG, pain badger 2001

  • At Leamington, then, in September, 1841, he was finding a new life under the doctor's dieting, and new aims in life, which were eventually to resolder for a while the broken chain.

    The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911

  • At Leamington, then, in September, 1841, he was finding a new life under the doctor's dieting, and new aims in life, which were eventually to resolder for a while the broken chain.

    The Life of John Ruskin 1893

  • I tried to rush and desolder-resolder the capacitors.

    MAKE Magazine Keith Hammond 2010

  • Some of the iPod Nanos have a 2mm soldered wire leading from the board to the battery; it's beyond most people's capability to resolder that.

    "MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader 2010

  • The slightest bug in your read-only media would be exploited forever since you would have to resolder the chip to update.

    Microsoft Watch 2009

  • I asked if they were going to resolder the chip on the motherboard and he said that they will probably send out a new one.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • Replacing the battery requires one to either replace the logic board as well as the battery or carefully remove and resolder the leads.

    EveryMac.com & EveryiPod.com - Mac & iPod Specs, Prices, Answers & More 2008

  • Replacing the battery requires one to either replace the logic board as well as the battery or carefully remove and resolder the leads.

    EveryMac.com & EveryiPod.com - Mac & iPod Specs, Prices, Answers & More 2008

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