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.

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Origin of revamp

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

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

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The Plant is also in the middle of revamping its energy system.
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A Wharton M.B.A., she was the former CEO of the digital advertising agency Digitas, and she quickly set about revamping the unit.
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As for revamping Medicare, this is an across-the-board stinker.
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It is simply a revival and revamping of the old doctrine of chance.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
This popular judgment that he was revamping Numenius's work may then not have been entirely unfounded, as we indeed have shown.
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Diplomatically, they made only the most delicate references to the revamping job Clocker had done on his tip sheet.
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Jricourt found people of his opinion; and thus it was that he became an author by revamping what others had done before him.
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Why not invent a good new character, instead of revamping a bad old one?
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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.

revamp

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