repurpose
verb/ɹiːˈpɜː.pəs/UK/ɹiˈpɝ.pəs/CA/ɹiːˈpɜː.pəs/
Etymology
Definitions
To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
- The town common was repurposed as a practice field.
- The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for repurpose. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA