The Collaborative International Dictionary
Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Review?d; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. Review, n. ]
To view or see again; to look back on. [R.] ``I shall review Sicilia.''
--Shak.-
To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically:
To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
(Law) To re["e]xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.
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To retrace; to go over again.
Shall I the long, laborious scene review?
--Pope.