revamp

[ verb ree-vamp; noun ree-vamp ]

/ verb riˈvæmp; noun ˈriˌvæmp /

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM revamp

re·vamp·er, nounre·vamp·ment, noun

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How to use revamp in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
As for revamping Medicare, this is an across-the-board stinker.
The GOP's Budget Backfire|Kirsten Powers|April 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST

This popular judgment that he was revamping Numenius's work may then not have been entirely unfounded, as we indeed have shown.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)
I certainly do not believe in completely revamping biological science for the purposes of sex-education.
Sex-education|Maurice Alpheus Bigelow
Why not invent a good new character, instead of revamping a bad old one?
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905|Various
It is simply a revival and revamping of the old doctrine of chance.
The Other Side of Evolution|Alexander Patterson
If there is a proverb that needs revamping, it is "the patience of Job."
The American Joe Miller|Various

British Dictionary definitions for revamp

revamp

/ (riːˈvæmp) /

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 forms of revamp

revamper, nounrevamping, noun

Word Origin for revamp

C19: from re- + vamp ²

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