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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: vamp 'to mend' (16-19 centuries)

revamp

 verb
     
re‧vamp [transitive]
informal to change something in order to improve it and make it seem more modern:
Many older companies are revamping their image.
—revamp also revamping noun [countable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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