REPURPOSE
repurpose
Verb
- To reuse for a different purpose, on a long-term basis, without alteration.
- The town common was repurposed as a practice field.
- To alter to make more suited for a different purpose.
- The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened.
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