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revamp - 4 dictionary results

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- + vamp 1


re⋅vamp⋅er, noun
re⋅vamp⋅ment, noun
re·vamp   (rē-vāmp')   
tr.v.   re·vamped, re·vamp·ing, re·vamps
  1. To patch up or restore; renovate.
  2. To revise or reconstruct (a manuscript, for example).
  3. To vamp (a shoe) anew.
n.  The act or an instance of revamping; a complete reorganization or revision.
re·vamp'ment n.

Revamp

Re*vamp"\, v. t. To vamp again; hence, to patch up; to reconstruct.

revamp 
1850, from re- "again" + vamp "patch up, replace the upper front part of a shoe" (see vamp (v.)).
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