revise

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

   • This statute should be revised.
   • There has been a demand for a revised edition of my English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur′an since the end of the Second World War.
2. 2

   To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation…

   To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

   • I've only just begun to revise for my exams.
   • In revising your notes, you can also reorganize them so that they are more legible, better arranged, and in a more useful condition for subsequent reviews.
   • 4 Is it necessary to revise vocabulary (= study it again for a second or third time)? 5 Is it better to revise vocabulary occasionally for long periods of time, or is it better to revise regularly for short periods of time?
3. 3

   To look at again, to reflect on.

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   1. 4

      A review or a revision.

   2. 5

      A second proof sheet

      A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

      • The question is, not whether the revises of the Catalogue, which I was obliged to circulate prematurely, were faultless, but whether the alterations which I was desired to make would not render them worse.
      • 1917, United States Congress: House Committee on Rules, Alleged Divulgence of President′s note to Belligerent Powers, page 1440, I still held the revises; kept them until the type was made up and went to the press, for final page proof.

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