"retool" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "re- + tool",
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          "text": "He decided it was time to retool last year's marketing brochure.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The coronation of a British ruler is, of course, a political ritual and a religious ceremony. But it is also, as the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 established, a TV show. It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that, in the electronic era, even hereditary rulers have to argue their relevance.",
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        "To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild."
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          "adjust",
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          "optimize",
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          "rebuild"
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        "(transitive) To adjust; to optimize; to rebuild."
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to adjust, to rebuild",
          "word": "umrüsten"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to adjust, to rebuild",
          "word": "umstellen"
        }
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      "enpr": "rē-to͞ol"
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  "word": "retool"
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      "sense": "to adjust, to rebuild",
      "word": "umrüsten"
    },
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