backfitted

back·fit

[bak-fit]
verb (used with object), back·fit or back·fit·ted, back·fit·ting.
to update by providing new or improved equipment or features: a five-year program of installing new power plants and backfitting existing ones.

Origin:
back2 + fit1

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