English

readapt

From re- + adapt.

A compound of re- + adapt

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

Latin apiō ‘to bind, fasten, join’

Latin aptō ‘to fasten, fit, apply, adjust’

Latin adaptō ‘to fit, adjust, modify’

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

Today it means

verb To adapt again; to adapt for a new purpose

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