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new-vamp, v.
[new adv. 6.]
trans. To vamp up afresh; to furbish up anew.
1640T. D. (title) The Knave in Grain New Vampt: a witty Comedy. 1702Eng. Theophrastus 16 A Play, writ by an ancient celebrated author, new-vampt and furbish'd up. 1783Colman Prose on Sev. Occas. (1787) III. 239 Let us new-vamp the Box, new-lay the Stage. 1817Hazlitt Pol. Ess. (1818) 308 Such is the old doctrine of Divine Right new-vamped up under the style and title of Legitimacy.
So new-vamped ppl. a.
1675Cotton Scoffer Scoft A 3 This Antick new-vaump't Wit. 1707Reflex. upon Ridicule ii. 212 New-vamped Trades-women. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 604 Now new-vampt silks the mercer's window shews. |