refocus

re- +‎ focus

refocus (third-person singular simple present refocuses or refocusses, present participle refocusing or refocussing, simple past and past participle refocused or refocussed)

1. (intransitive) to focus on something else
   • 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:

     Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.

2. (transitive) to change the focus of

   to refocus a microscope

3. (intransitive) to change one's priorities
4. (intransitive) to come back into focus
   • 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:

     Presently the white, broken stumps, the split sticks and the tangle of the thicket refocused.

The spellings refocusses, refocussing, refocussed are more common in Britain than the US.

• focus
• prioritize

• focuser