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Pronunciation : Re*view"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. re- + view. Cf. Riview, n. ]
Definition : 1. To view or see again; to look back on [R.] "I shall review Sicilia." Shak.

2. 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 re?xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

3. To retrace; to go over again. Shall I the long, laborious scene review Pope.

t. [imp. & p. p. Review; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*view"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To look back; to make a review.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Re*view"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise.]
Definition : 1. A second or repeated view; a re?xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

5. 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.

6. (Law)

Defn: The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time. 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.

Syn. -- Re?xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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