reinvent

UK: /ˌriːɪnˈvɛnt/ US: (rē′in vent′)

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re•in•vent  (rē′in vent′), v.t. 

1. to invent again or anew, esp. without knowing that the invention already exists.
2. to remake as if from the very beginning;
   renovate:
   to reinvent government.

• re- + invent 1685–90

re′in•ven′tion, n. 

reinvent, +v.t. 

1. to remake as if from the very beginning;
   renovate:
   to reinvent government.

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reinvent / ˌriːɪnˈvɛnt/ verb (transitive)

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