Revise Definition
rĭ-vīz
revised, revises, revising
verb
revised, revises, revising
To alter or edit (a text).
American Heritage
To read over carefully and correct, improve, or update where necessary.
To revise a manuscript, a revised edition of a book.
Webster's New World
To change or amend.
To revise tax rates.
Webster's New World
To study again (academic material, for example), as for a test; review.
American Heritage
To make revisions, as in a text.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
revises
A revising or a revised form of something; revision.
Webster's New World
A proof taken after corrections have been made, for looking over or correcting again.
Webster's New World
Origin of Revise
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From Old French & French réviser or directly from Latin revisare, from re- + visare (“examine"), frequentative of videre (“see").
From Wiktionary
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Latin revīsere to visit again, look at again re- re- vīsere frequentative of vidēre to see review
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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