revise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of rewriting something
    rescript; revisal; revision.
  2. verb make revisions in
    • revise a thesis
  3. verb revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
    retool.
    • We must retool the town's economy

WordNet

Re*vise" transitive verb
Etymology
F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, tosee. See Review, View.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Revised ; present participle & verbal noun Revising
Definitions
  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.
Re*vise" noun
Definitions
  1. A review; a revision. Boyle.
  2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Webster 1913