Retooling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The fact or process of re-equipping or modifying something.
"the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of retool form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"the Physiocrats' emphasis on breaking the shackles under which the economy was labouring appealed to the duke, whose retooling of the state presupposed a reinvigoration of the economy which would allow the government to go to war without bringing the country to penury."
Etymology
From retool + -ing.