GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Review , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reviewed ; 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.”  
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   To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically: (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition. (b) 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. (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment. (d) (Law) To reexamine 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.
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   Shall I the long, laborious scene review?
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   Review, v. i. To look back; to make a review.
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   Review, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise.]
   A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
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   An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
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   A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
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   A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
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   An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
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   (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.
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   A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
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   Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. -- Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.
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   Syn. -- Reexamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
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