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re⋅vise

[ri-vahyz]

verb, -vised, -vis⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.

2.	to alter something already written or printed, in order to make corrections, improve, or update: to revise a manuscript.

3.	British. to review (previously studied materials) in preparation for an examination.

–noun

4.	an act of revising.

5.	a revised form of something; revision.

6.	Printing. a proof sheet taken after alterations have been made, for further examination or correction.

Origin:
1560–70; < L revīsere to look back at, revisit, freq. of revidēre to see again; see review

Related forms:

re⋅vis⋅a⋅ble, re⋅vis⋅i⋅ble, adjective

re⋅vis⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun

re⋅vis⋅er, re⋅vi⋅sor, noun

Synonyms:
1. change; emend, correct.

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re·vise (rĭ-vīz')

tr.v. re·vised, re·vis·ing, re·vis·es

To prepare a newly edited version of (a text).
To reconsider and change or modify: I have revised my opinion of him. See Synonyms at correct.

n. Printing (rē'vīz', rĭ-vīz')
A proof made from an earlier proof on which corrections have been made.

[Latin revīsere, to visit again, look at again : re-, re- + vīsere, frequentative of vidēre, to see; see review.]
re·vis'a·ble adj., re·vis'er, re·vi'sor n.

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Revise

Re*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revised; p. pr. & vb. n. Revising.] [F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, to see. See Review, View.]

1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to re["e]xamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

2. (Print.) 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.

3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.

The Revised Version of the Bible, a version prepared in accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, England. Both English and American revisers were employed on the work. It was first published in a complete form in 1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See Authorized Version, under Authorized.

Revise

Re*vise"\, n. 1. A review; a revision. --Boyle.

2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Language Translation for : revise

Spanish: revisar,

German: überarbeiten,

Japanese: 改訂する

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revise

1567, "to look at again," from M.Fr. reviser, from L. revisere "look at again, visit again," frequentative of revidere (pp. revisus), from re- "again" + videre "to see" (see vision). Meaning "to look over again with intent to improve or amend" is recorded from 1596. The Revised Version of the Bible was done 1870-84; so called because it was a revision of the 1611 ("King James") translation, also known as the Authorized Version. Revision (1611) is from Fr. revision, from L.L. revisionem (nom. revisio) "a seeing again," from L. revisus, pp. of revidere. Revisionism is attested from 1903; originally in Marxist jargon; revisionist in the historical sense is from 1934, originally with ref. to the causes of World War I.

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