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repurposed

repurposed is the simple past and past participle of repurpose.

Meaning of repurpose

Verb

repurpose (third-person singular simple present repurposes, present participle repurposing, simple past and past participle repurposed)

  1. To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, with or without alteration.
    • The town common was repurposed as a practice field.
    Synonyms:
    remodel

Questions about repurposed

What is repurposed the simple past and past participle of?
Repurposed is the simple past and past participle of repurpose.

Words near repurposed in the dictionary

  1. repurples
  2. repurpling
  3. repurposability
  4. repurposable
  5. repurpose
  6. repurposed
  7. repurposer
  8. repurposers
  9. repurposes
  10. repurposing
  11. repurposings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: repurposed (page history and authors); repurpose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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