RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To repair or improve an old or damaged building or object.

verb

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renovate

The volunteers planned to renovate the unused room before opening it to visitors.
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An amateur furniture group hoped to reopen a dilapidated workshop whose cracked windows, peeling surfaces, and damaged cupboards showed years of neglect. The members planned to renovate the building before inviting new participants inside.
From A Workshop Worth Reopening.
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