reinvent

verb
verb: reinvent; 3rd person present: reinvents; past tense: reinvented; past participle: reinvented; gerund or present participle: reinventing; verb: re-invent; 3rd person present: re-invents; past tense: re-invented; past participle: re-invented; gerund or present participle: re-inventing
1. change (something) so much that it appears to be entirely new.
- he brought opera to the masses and reinvented the waltz
1. take up a radically new job or way of life.
- the actor wants to reinvent himself as an independent movie mogul
daily script
1. TRAINSPOTTING Screenplay by John Hodge - Since I last saw him, Sick Boy had reinvented himself as a pimp and a pusher and was here to mix business and pleasure, setting up 'contacts', as he constantly informed me, for the great skag deal that was one day going to make him rich.
2. THE DEPARTED BY William Monahan - People are liars. They want to be stars of their little films. Reinvent what happened. Pretend they had a snappy comeback when really they thought of it in the car.