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Verb retrofit has 3 senses

retrofit - provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture; "They car companies retrofitted all the old models with new carburetors"
--₁ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
retrofit - fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house; "The mansion was retrofitted with modern plumbing"
--₂ is one way to install, instal, put in, set up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
retrofit - substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones; "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
--₃ is one way to overhaul, modernize, modernise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s