revise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   make revisions in

   revise a thesis

2. 2
   verb

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

   This statute should be revised.

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   the act of rewriting something

6. 6
   verb

   revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

7. 7
   verb

   To look at again, to reflect on.

8. 8
   noun

   A review or a revision.

Etymology

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