Re*vile", n. Reproach; reviling. [Obs.]

The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.

Milton.

Re*vile"ment (?), n. The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language;

reproach; abuse. Spenser.

Re*vil"er (?), n. One who reviles. 1. Cor. vi. 10.

Re*vil"ing, n. Reproach; abuse; vilification.

Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

Isa. li. 7.

Re*vil"ing, a. Uttering reproaches; containing reproaches. --

Re*vil"ing*ly, adv.

Re*vince" (?), v. t. [See Revict.] To overcome; to refute, as error.

[Obs.] Foxe.

Re*vin"di*cate (?), v. t. [Pref. re- + vindicate. Cf. Revindicate,

Revenge.] To vindicate again; to reclaim; to demand and take back.

Mitford.

Rev`i*res"cence (?), n. [L. revirescens, p. pr. of revirescere to grow

green again.] A growing green or fresh again; renewal of youth or

vigor. [Obs.]

Re*vis"a*ble (?), a. That may be revised.

Re*vis"al (?), n. [From Revise.] The act of revising, or reviewing and

reëxamining for correction and improvement; revision; as, the revisal

of a manuscript; the revisal of a proof sheet; the revisal of a treaty.

Re*vise" (?), 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 reëxamine; to review; to look over with

care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

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.

3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an

agreement; to revise a dictionary.

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.

Re*vise", n. 1. A review; a revision. Boyle.

2. (Print.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first

or a subsequent correction.

Re*vis"er (?), n. One who revises.

Re*vi"sion (?), n. [F. révision, L. revisio.] 1. The act of revising;

reëxamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or

writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

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