respecify

From re- + specify.

respecify (third-person singular simple present respecifies, present participle respecifying, simple past and past participle respecified)

1. To specify again; to alter an earlier specification
   • 1976, J.W. Truman, S.E. Reiss, “Dendritic reorganization of an identified motoneuron during metamorphosis of the tobacco hornworm moth”, in Science‎^[1], volume 192, number 4238:

     In the tobacco hornworm, many larval motoneurons become respecified and supply new muscles in the adult.

• respecification

• specify
• despecify
• respec