Refit

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːfɪt/

Definitions

1. To repair, restore, or renovate a ship or vehicle to improve its condition or appearance ; to install new or replacement equipment or parts in an object to update or enhance it
2. To carry out maintenance or overhaul on a vessel or machine to return it to good working order ; to swap out or add components to modernize or adapt something for continued use
3. To refurbish or overhaul a transport means, often restoring its functionality or aesthetics ; to fit or outfit with new gear or elements to enhance capability or function

Etymology: The verb "refit" is about as transparent as English compounds get: the prefix "re-" (again, anew) attached to "fit" (to equip, to make suitable). To refit a ship, for instance, is to fit it out again with new or replaced parts, so the word describes a second round of the same job. The prefix itself has a longer pedigree than the word it sits on. "Re-" comes from Latin "re-", which in turn descends from a very old Proto-Italic form, and it passed into English through Old French, which had its own "re-" with the same sense of repetition or backward motion. English speakers then attached it to a range of native and borrowed verbs, and "fit" was one of the bases it joined.

Synonyms: repair, renovate, revamp, restore, upgrade

Antonyms: damage, deteriorate, destroy, neglect, worsen