Roleset retool.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "adapt":

Roles:

Arg0:agent, adaptor


Arg1:thing adapted


Arg2:adapted to


Arg3:adapted from

Examples:

person: third tense: present aspect: ns voice: active form: full


the one example (-)
Hard-hitting consultants match ads with Mr. Courter's team, and Mr. Florio retools himself as the lean, mean Democratic fighting machine of the 1990s.
Arg0:	Mr. Florio
REL:	retools
Arg1-REC:	himself
Arg2-as:	the lean, mean Democratic fighting machine of the 1990s

Could be [mis|re]interpreted as 'characterize'.