Re*vise" , n.
1. A review; a revision. Boyle.
2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet
taken after the first or
a subsequent correction.
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 reëxamine; to review; to
look over with care for
correction; as, to revise a writing; to
revise a translation.
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.
3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to
revise statutes; to
revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
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.
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