2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [Obs.]

Re*view" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Review&?;d (?); p. pr. & vb. n.

Reveiwing.] [Pref. re- + view. Cf. Review, n. ] 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 reëxamine judically; as, a higher court may

review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

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