'Revise' definitions:
Definition of 'revise'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Revise'
From: GCIDE
- Revise \Re*vise"\, n.
- 1. A review; a revision. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Revise'
From: GCIDE
- 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, to see. See Review, View.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'revise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alter,
- amend,
- amendment,
- blue,
- blue-pencil,
- blueprint,
- change,
- cold-type proof,
- color proof,
- computer proof,
- copy,
- copy out,
- correct,
- correction,
- do over,
- draft,
- draw up,
- duplicate,
- edit,
- editing,
- emend,
- emendate,
- emendation,
- enface,
- engross,
- foundry proof,
- galley,
- galley proof,
- go back over,
- improve,
- inscribe,
- make a recension,
- make out,
- make over,
- modify,
- overhaul,
- page proof,
- pen,
- pencil,
- perfect,
- plate proof,
- polish,
- press proof,
- progressive proof,
- proof,
- proof sheet,
- pull,
- push the pen,
- put in writing,
- re-create,
- re-examine,
- re-form,
- reappraise,
- rebehold,
- rebuild,
- recense,
- recension,
- recheck,
- reconsider,
- reconstitute,
- reconstruct,
- record,
- rectification,
- rectify,
- redact,
- redaction,
- redesign,
- redo,
- redraft,
- reestablish,
- refashion,
- refound,
- regenerate,
- reinquire,
- reinstitute,
- reissue,
- remake,
- renovate,
- reorganize,
- repeat,
- reprint,
- repro proof,
- reproduce,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- reshape,
- restore,
- restructure,
- resurrect,
- rethink,
- retrace,
- revaluate,
- revamp,
- revampment,
- review,
- revisal,
- revised edition,
- revision,
- revive,
- rework,
- rewrite,
- rewriting,
- scribe,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- slip,
- spill ink,
- spoil paper,
- stone proof,
- superscribe,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- trial impression,
- type,
- update,
- upgrade,
- vandyke,
- work over,
- write,
- write down,
- write out