Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Vamping}.]
1. To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to
to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to
patch; -- often followed by up.
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I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.
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2. To create with little skill; to concoct; to invent; --
usually with up; as, he vamped up an implausible excuse.
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