revamp

revamp
revamper, n.revampment, n.
v. /ree vamp"/; n. /ree"vamp'/, v.t.
1. to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
n.
2. an act or instance of restructuring, reordering, or revising something; overhaul: a revamp of the nation's foreign policy.
[1840-50, Amer.; RE- + VAMP1]

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