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Revising

Revise \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 re["e]xamine; 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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revising

vb. (present participle of revise English)

WordNet
revising

n. editing that involves writing something again [syn: rewriting]

Usage examples of "revising".

The value of writing that paragraph lay, first, in giving her proof that she could do it, and, second, in giving her a benchmark for rethinking and revising the rest of her book.

Nabokov continued to work on the Juridical Council and on revising criminal law.

October 1925 he had completed the first draft of his first novel, and spent November revising it.

England and doubtless had its influence in revising opinion concerning America.

Court of the nation the power of revising the decisions of local tribunals, on questions which affect the nation, as to require that words which import this power should be restricted by a forced construction.

For example, revising the sanctions should include legalizing the de facto dissolution of the flight ban.

In addition, this approach to revising sanctions overlooks the considerable political influence Baghdad now wields as a result of its deliberate manipulation of oil-for-food contracts and smuggling to reward its advocates.

She stood frowning in front of these, revising her opinion of the man again.

Other writers -- my friend David Finkel comes to mind -- work with meticulous precision, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, combining drafting and revising steps.