revise

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

REVI'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin revisus, reviso, to revisit; re and viso, to see, to visit.] 1. To review; to re-examine; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a proof sheet. 2. To review, alter and amend; as, to revise statutes. REVI'SE, noun 1. Review; re-examination. 2. Among printers, a second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first correction.
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