## Meanings
1. To change or improve something, especially a piece of writing.
2. To study again something you have already learned, especially before an exam.

## Examples
- I had to revise my essay several times before it was good.
- I've only just begun to revise for my exams.

## Derived Forms
- misrevise
- nonrevised
- rerevise
- revised
- revisee
- revisingly
- revisor
- unrevised

## Related Forms
- revisable
- revisal
- reviser
- revision
- revisionism
- revisionist
- revisory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: réviser
- Root: revīsō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”).

## AI Etymology
Revise is borrowed from Middle French réviser, from Latin revīsō, from re- + vīsō (“examine”), frequentative of videō (“see”). Modern senses include to change or improve something, especially a piece of writing. and to study again something you have already learned, especially before an exam.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as misrevise, nonrevised, rerevise, revised, revisee, and revisingly and related forms such as revisable, revisal, reviser, and revision.

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Cause, Change & Process

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