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rework - 2 dictionary results

re⋅work

[v. ree-wurk; n. ree-wurk] verb, -worked or -wrought, -work⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to work or form again: to rework gold.
2. to revise or rewrite: to rework an essay.
3. to process again or anew for reuse: to rework wool.
–noun
4. an act or instance of reworking: His latest book is merely a rework of his earlier novel.

Origin:
1835–45; re- + work
re·work   (rē-wûrk')   
tr.v.   re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works
  1. To work over again; revise.
  2. To subject to a repeated or new process.
n.   (rē'wûrk')
Something reworked: just a rework of an old speech.
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