Associations to the word «Revise»

Wiktionary

REVISE, verb. (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.
REVISE, verb. To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
REVISE, verb. (UK) (Australia) (New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
REVISE, noun. A review or a revision.
REVISE, noun. (printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Dictionary definition

REVISE, noun. The act of rewriting something.
REVISE, verb. Make revisions in; "revise a thesis".
REVISE, verb. Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky