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re⋅tool
[ree-tool] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory). |
| 2. | to reorganize or rearrange, usually for the purpose of updating: to retool the industrial organization. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to replace or rearrange the tools of a factory. |
| 4. | to replace the stamping machinery of a factory, esp. to make a remodeled product. |
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| re·tool (rē-tōōl') v. re·tooled, re·tool·ing, re·tools v. tr.
To fit out a factory with a new set of machinery and tools. |
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retool
1866, "to shape again with a tool," from re- "back, again" + verb form of tool (q.v.). Meaning "to furnish a factory with new equipment" is recorded from 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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