revamp

[verb ree-vamp; noun ree-vamp]

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verb (used with object)

to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.

noun

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

Origin of revamp

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

Related formsre·vamp·er, nounre·vamp·ment, noun

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Related Words for revamping

repair, overhaul, refurbish, restore, update, revive, rehabilitate, revitalize, clean, remodel, remake, face-lift, resurrect, renew, refresh, recondition, retread

Examples from the Web for revamping

Contemporary Examples of revamping

Yahoo Recruits More Top Names: Yahoo was serious about the revamping.
Jonah Hill & Spike Jonze to Write Play For NYFW; Audrey Hepburn’s Granddaughter Makes Her Modeling Debut
The Fashion Beast Team
August 13, 2014
The Plant is also in the middle of revamping its energy system.
Vertical Indoor Farms Are Growing in the U.S.
Miranda Green
May 7, 2013
A Wharton M.B.A., she was the former CEO of the digital advertising agency Digitas, and she quickly set about revamping the unit.
Why Time Warner Felt It Had to Spin Off Magazine Unit Time Inc.
Daniel Gross
March 7, 2013
As for revamping Medicare, this is an across-the-board stinker.
The GOP's Budget Backfire
Kirsten Powers
April 19, 2011

Historical Examples of revamping

It is simply a revival and revamping of the old doctrine of chance.
The Other Side of Evolution
Alexander Patterson
Diplomatically, they made only the most delicate references to the revamping job Clocker had done on his tip sheet.
At the Post
Horace Leonard Gold
This name is a genuine survival from old times, and not a revamping of a classical name, as is the case with Mount Neriton.
Vacation days in Greece
Rufus B. Richardson
Jricourt found people of his opinion; and thus it was that he became an author by revamping what others had done before him.
The Flower Girl of The Chteau d'Eau, v.1 (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XV)
Charles Paul de Kock
Why not invent a good new character, instead of revamping a bad old one?
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905
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British Dictionary definitions for revamping

revamp

verb (tr)

to patch up or renovate; repair or restore

noun

something that has been renovated or revamped

the act or process of revamping

Derived Formsrevamper, nounrevamping, noun

Word Origin for revamp

C19: from re- + vamp ²

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Word Origin and History for revamping

revamp

1850, from re- "again" + vamp (v.) "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe." An earlier verb was new-vamp (1630s). Modern use is typically figurative. Related: Revamped; revamping.