revamp
verb
- change, usually to improve
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːvæmp/ / /ɹiːˈvæmp/ / /ˈɹiˌvæmp/ / /ɹiˈvæmp/
noun
Etymology: The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
- 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: […]”
verb
Etymology: The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
- To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
“They plan to revamp the historical theater in the old downtown.”
“But the great man [Thomas Carlyle] has great littlenesses, the original sometimes revamps old thoughts, the strong reasoner may beg his question and build a strong hypothesis on assumed premises, and the clear writer frequently gets into the predicament which formed the countryman's definition of a metaphysical colloquy— […]”