re·chan·nel | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈcha-nᵊl 
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\rechanneled or rechannelled; rechanneling or rechanneling; rechannels
Definition of rechannel
: to direct into a different channel The system of government they designed, rather than denying the inherent tribalism of humanity, instead tried to rechannel it, to make it less likely to undermine good government or assault individual rights.— Jay Cost … raising the water table in the swamp's remaining 113,000 acres by capturing and rechanneling rainfall in the vast network of ditches that scar the land.— Ben Finley
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The first known use of rechannel was in 1922
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