Revise

revise
    n 1: the act of rewriting something [syn: {revision}, {revisal},
         {revise}, {rescript}]
    v 1: make revisions in; "revise a thesis"
    2: revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating
       and improving; "We must retool the town's economy" [syn:
       {retool}, {revise}]
    

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
      reexamine; to review; to look over with care for
      correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a
      translation.
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   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.
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   3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to
      revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
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   {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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Revise \Re*vise"\, n.
   1. A review; a revision. --Boyle.
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   2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after
      the first or a subsequent correction.
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121 Moby Thesaurus words for "revise":
      alter, amend, amendment, blue, blue-pencil, blueprint, change,
      cold-type proof, color proof, computer proof, copy, copy out,
      correct, correction, do over, draft, draw up, duplicate, edit,
      editing, emend, emendate, emendation, enface, engross,
      foundry proof, galley, galley proof, go back over, improve,
      inscribe, make a recension, make out, make over, modify, overhaul,
      page proof, pen, pencil, perfect, plate proof, polish, press proof,
      progressive proof, proof, proof sheet, pull, push the pen,
      put in writing, re-create, re-examine, re-form, reappraise,
      rebehold, rebuild, recense, recension, recheck, reconsider,
      reconstitute, reconstruct, record, rectification, rectify, redact,
      redaction, redesign, redo, redraft, reestablish, refashion,
      refound, regenerate, reinquire, reinstitute, reissue, remake,
      renovate, reorganize, repeat, reprint, repro proof, reproduce,
      rescript, rescription, reshape, restore, restructure, resurrect,
      rethink, retrace, revaluate, revamp, revampment, review, revisal,
      revised edition, revision, revive, rework, rewrite, rewriting,
      scribe, scrive, scroll, slip, spill ink, spoil paper, stone proof,
      superscribe, trace, transcribe, trial impression, type, update,
      upgrade, vandyke, work over, write, write down, write out