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reinvent

[ ree-in-vent ]

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verb (used with object)

to invent again or anew, especially without knowing that the invention already exists.
to remake or make over, as in a different form:
At 60, he reinvented himself as a volunteer. We have an opportunity to reinvent government.
to bring back; revive:
to reinvent trust and accountability.

reinvent

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verb

to replace (a product, etc) with an entirely new version
to duplicate (something that already exists) in what is therefore a wasted effort (esp in the phrase reinvent the wheel )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reinvent¹

First recorded in 1685–90; re- + invent

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He’d reinvented the guitar neck and was kind of burnt out on it — couldn’t do much more with the thing.

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I need to keep reinventing life...that is the key.

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With her blockbuster 2014 novel “Everything I Never Told You,” Ng reinvented the suburban novel for our present age of anxiety, with its status-signaling, subtle racial tensions, teenage secrets and tone-deaf parents.

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“Bananza” was probably the most fun I had at the Switch 2 media event, as it reinvents the “Donkey Kong” franchise as one in which players will carve their own paths through the world.

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He reinvented himself in the mid-1950s, moving to the US where he became the first director of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.

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