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revamp

verb

  1. change, usually to improve
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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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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— […]