revise
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Is revise a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.Examples: "I've only just begun to revise for my exams."; "In revising your notes, you can also reorganize them so that they are more legible, better arranged, and in a more useful condition for subsequent reviews."; "4 Is it necessary to revise vocabulary (= study it again for a second or third time)? 5 Is it better to revise vocabulary occasionally for long periods of time, or is it better to revise regularly for short periods of time?"Synonyms: review, reviewAustraliaNew-ZealandUK
2. (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.obsolete
noun (English)
1. (printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.Examples: "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."; "1869 August 16, Anthony Trollope, letter to W. H. Bradbury, 1983, N. John Hall (editor), The Letters of Anthony Trollope, Volume 1: 1835-1870, page 479, Looking back at the revises of Bullhampton it seems to me that the printers have fallen into some error as to the numbering of Chapters XXXIV—XXXV—XXXVI—which should have been XXXV—XXXVI— and XXXVII."; "1917, United States Congress: House Committee on Rules, Alleged Divulgence of President′s note to Belligerent Powers, page 1440, I still held the revises; kept them until the type was made up and went to the press, for final page proof."
Definition source: Wiktionary