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n. (Zool.) The crawfish. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Print.) A proof for final revision. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ L. praevisus, p. p. of praevidere to foresee; prae before + videre to see. See Vision. ] 1. To foresee. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inform beforehand; to warn. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prévision. ] Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be revised. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Revise. ] The act of revising, or reviewing and reexamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A review; a revision. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who revises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. révision, L. revisio. ] 1. The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is made by revising. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reexamination; revisal; revise; review. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to revision; revisory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To visit again. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To revise. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of revisiting. [ 1913 Webster ]