Definition of revise

• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
• n. - A review; a revision.
• n. - A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.