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revamp

verb
/ɹiːˈvæmp/UK/ɹiˈvæmp/US/ˈɹiːvæmp/UK/ˈɹiˌvæmp/US

Etymology

The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.

  1. derived from avantpied
  2. derived from vampe
  3. inherited from vaumpe
  4. prefixed as revamp — “re + vamp”

Definitions

  1. To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).

    • They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.

  2. An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something

    An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.

    • a revamp of a website
    • The following appear rather like revamps of old versions absolutely than absolutely new jokes: […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA