Revise
[rɪ'vaɪz]
Definition
(v. t.) To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.
(v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.
(v. t.) To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
(n.) A review; a revision.
(n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
Typed by Adele
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Review, re-examine, reconsider.
n. Revision, review, re-examination.
Editor: Stacy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Alter, amend, re-examine,[See ECHO]
Typist: Stephanie
Definition
v.t. to review and amend: to examine with a view to correction.—n. review: a second proof-sheet.—ns. Revī′sal Revi′sion review: re-examination; Revīsed′-ver′sion a fresh English translation of the Bible issued the New Testament in 1881 the Old in 1885; Revī′ser -or (print.) one who examines proofs; Revī′sing-barr′ister a barrister appointed annually by the English judges to revise the list of voters for members of parliament the revision generally taking place between August and October of each year.—adjs. Revi′sional Revi′sionary pertaining to revision.—n. Revi′sionist.—adj. Revī′sory.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- Indeed, Mr. Casaubon was not used to expect that he should have to repeat or revise his communications of a practical or personal kind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lily was nineteen when circumstances caused her to revise her view of the universe. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Through its critical process true knowledge is revised and extended, and our convictions as to the state of things reorganized. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The rich man, who had in a manner revised the New Testament, and already entered into the kingdom of Heaven. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Long before he undertoo k the regular study of the law, he spent long hours poring ove r the revised statutes of the State in which he was living. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The law was codified, the literary examination system was revised, and a complete and accurate edition of all the Chinese classics was produced. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It had to produce general prosperity, they admitted, or it had to be revised. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Accordingly we have now only the very much altered and revised vestiges of that spoken literature of prehistoric times. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His revised orders brought him to Chattanooga by the established route north of the Tennessee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here would be another light, as of oxy-hydrogen, showing the very grain of things, and revising all former explanations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Jimmy