Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of repurpose
nounrepurposing (plural repurposings)
plural repurposings
- The act by which something is repurposed.
One theme of the mix is the international play of loans, snatches, repurposings, retroengineerings and recirculations of beats, motifs, techniques, and melodies between musicians in the diaspora and beyond.
2011, Jonathan Harris, Globalization and Contemporary Art, page 229
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