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revampment

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re⋅vamp

  [v. ree-vamp; n. ree-vamp]
Use revampment in a Sentence
–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

Related forms:
re⋅vamp⋅er, noun
re⋅vamp⋅ment, noun
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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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