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refunctionalize

refunctionalize verb: to modify the function or purpose of; to repurpose.

Verb

refunctionalize (third-person singular simple present refunctionalizes, present participle refunctionalizing, simple past and past participle refunctionalized)

  1. (transitive) To modify the function or purpose of; to repurpose.

Forms of refunctionalize

third-person singular presentrefunctionalizes
present participlerefunctionalizing
past participlerefunctionalized
pastrefunctionalized

Origin of refunctionalize

From re- + functionalize.

Questions about refunctionalize

What does refunctionalize mean?
Refunctionalize means to modify the function or purpose of; to repurpose.
What part of speech is refunctionalize?
Refunctionalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of refunctionalize?
The past tense of refunctionalize is refunctionalized.

Words near refunctionalize in the dictionary

  1. refumigation
  2. refumigations
  3. refunction
  4. refunctionalization
  5. refunctionalizations
  6. refunctionalize
  7. refunctionalized
  8. refunctionalizes
  9. refunctionalizing
  10. refunctioned
  11. refunctioning

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