RENOVATE, RENOVATION
NOUNS- PERSON
► WHITE-PAINTER a person, esp. a member of the middle class, who buys and superficially renovates housing in a run-down urban area; a gentrifier → 1964 Can.
VERBS
► FURBISH to brush or clean up anything faded or soiled; to give a new look to; to renovate, to revive → 1587
► GUSSY UP to refurbish, to renovate; to polish → 20C Amer. sl.
► RACHEL to rejuvenate; to renovate → c1890s
► VAMP ► VAMP UP to mend or repair with or as with patches; to furbish up, to renovate, to restore → 1599
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