revise

[re·vise]

To revise means to alter or improve a preliminary draft of something, usually a text. When you want your writing to be really great, you must revise it several times until it is perfect.

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To look at again for the detection of errors; to re'89xamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

Noun
the act of rewriting something

Verb
make revisions in; "revise a thesis"

Verb
revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town''s economy"

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.

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, tosee. See Review, View.] 1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to re'89xamine; 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.

To look at again for the detection of errors; to re'89xamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

A review; a revision.

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Only in your imagination can you revise.

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