rework

verb (used with object), re·worked or re·wrought, re·work·ing.

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.

verb (tr)

1. to use again in altered formthe theme has been reworked in countless well-known poems
2. to rewrite or revise
3. to reprocess for use again

v.

1842, from re- + work (v.). Related: Reworked; reworking.