Usually means: Disassemble to understand and replicate functionality.
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  1. reverse engineer: Merriam-Webster
  2. reverse-engineer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reverse-engineer: Wordnik
  4. reverse-engineer, reverse engineer: Wiktionary
  5. reverse-engineer: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. reverse-engineer, reverse engineer: Dictionary.com
  7. Reverse-engineer, Reverse engineer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. reverse-engineer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Reverse-engineer, reverse engineer: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (Reverse engineer)

verb:  Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer [To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer [A person who reverse-engineers products.]

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