repurpose
Other forms: repurposed; repurposing
When you repurpose somethingyou use it again in an entirely new way. You might decide to repurpose rinsed-out yogurt containers to grow flower seedlings on your windowsill.
When you adapt anything to a new functionyou repurpose itfrom the newspaper you repurpose to line your hamster's cage to the old tablet your dad has repurposed for reading recipes in the kitchen while he cooks. In technologythis verb is often used for information that's used again in updated formats. The word first appeared around 1983from re-"anew," and purpose"to have as an objective or intention."
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