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reengineer

 verb
     
re‧en‧gi‧neer also re-engineer [transitive]
1 to change the structure of an activity, organization etc so that it performs better:
They reengineered the department, and cut nearly 400 jobs.
2 to improve the design of a product:
Radio networks are being reengineered to give digital operation.
—reengineering noun [uncountable]
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