re·vamp

[v. ree-vamp; n. ree-vamp]
verb (used with object)
1.
to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
noun
2.
an act or instance of restructuring, reordering, or revising something; overhaul: a revamp of the nation's foreign policy.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism; re- + vamp1

re·vamp·er, noun
re·vamp·ment, noun
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revamp (riːˈvæmp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
 
n
2.  something that has been renovated or revamped
3.  the act or process of revamping
 
[C19: from re- + vamp²]
 
re'vamper
 
n
 
re'vamping
 
n

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Word Origin & History

revamp
1850, from re- "again" + vamp "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe" (see vamp (v.)).
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Example sentences
Then came the electrician to revamp my sockets in my little study and the post vanished.
And now he is trying to revamp the nation's health-care system.
So there are plenty of reasons to revamp the government.
In four pilot stores, the number of customers and sales went up by a tenth
  following the revamp.
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