revamp

[ verb ree-vamp; noun ree-vamp ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.

noun
  1. an act or instance of restructuring, reordering, or revising something; overhaul: a revamp of the nation's foreign policy.

Origin of revamp

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; re- + vamp1

Other words from revamp

  • re·vamp·er, noun
  • re·vamp·ment, noun

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How to use revamp in a sentence

  • There was the gossip of the town in which he lived as biting as the hoar frost, revamped and magnified to his hurt.

    The Broken Sword | Dennison Worthington
  • They are usually revamped by a clever writer, a frightened hunter, or an interesting story teller, as occasions offer.

    Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. Mills
  • This revamped Ether, referred to, was the "Ether of Aristotle."

    Dynamic Thought | William Walker Atkinson
  • Thor and Odin will doubtless be revamped, and the rites of the Druids revived.

    Nuggets of the New Thought | William Walker Atkinson,
  • But the obvious snags were rapidly disposed of, and the whole revamped operation was outlined on paper in surprisingly few hours.

    The Lani People | J. F. Bone

British Dictionary definitions for revamp

revamp

/ (riːˈvæmp) /


verb(tr)
  1. to patch up or renovate; repair or restore

noun
  1. something that has been renovated or revamped

  2. the act or process of revamping

Origin of revamp

1
C19: from re- + vamp ²

Derived forms of revamp

  • revamper, noun
  • revamping, noun

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