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Webster 1913 Edition
Review
Re-view′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Reviewed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reveiwing
.] 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 reexamine judically;
as, a higher court may
. review
the proceedings and judgments of a lower one3.
To retrace; to go over again.
Shall I the long, laborious scene
review
? Pope.
Re-view′
,Verb.
I.
To look back; to make a review.
Re-view′
,Noun.
1.
A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again;
as, a
. review
of one’s studies; a review
of life2.
An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision;
as, an author's
. review
of his works3.
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)
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. – Reexamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
Webster 1828 Edition
Review
REVIEW
,Verb.
T.
1.
To look back on.2.
to see again.i shall review Sicilia.
3.
To view and examine again; to reconsider; to revise; as, to review a manuscript. It is said that Virgil was prevented by death from reviewing the AEneis.4.
To retrace.Shall I the long laborious scene review?
5.
To survey; to inspect; to examine the state of any thing, particularly of troops; as, to review a regiment.REVIEW
,Noun.
1.
A second or repeated view; a re-examination; resurvey; as a review of the works of nature; a review of life.2.
Revision; a second examination with a view to amendment or improvement; as an author's review of his works.3.
In military affairs, an examination or inspection of troops under arms, by a general or commander, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of their discipline, equipment, &c.4.
In literature, a critical examination of a new publication, with remarks.5.
A periodical pamphlet containing examinations or analyses of new publications; as the Critical Review.Commission of review, a commission granted by the British king to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.
Definition 2024
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See also: Review
English
Noun
review (plural reviews)
- A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.
- I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
- An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
- The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
- (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
- The victims demanded a full judical review of the case.
- A stage show made up of sketches etc.
- The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
- A survey of the available items or material.
- The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
- A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
- The Times Literary Review is published in London.
- A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
- The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
- A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
- The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
Derived terms
Translations
second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact
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account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work
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judicial reassessment of a case or an event
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stage show made up of sketches
survey of the available items or material
periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field
military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs
forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code
Verb
review (third-person singular simple present reviews, present participle reviewing, simple past and past participle reviewed)
- To survey; to look broadly over.
- Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
- To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
- The critic reviews every new play in London.
- 2014 December 23, David E. Sanger, “Countering cyberattacks without a playbook [print version: A cyberwar with no playbook, International New York Times, 26 December 2014, p. 18]”, in The New York Times:
- […] "The Interview," a crude and poorly reviewed comedy about a C.I.A. effort to hire two bumbling journalists to knock off Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader […]
- To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
- (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
- 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shakeſpear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:
- Cam[illo] What I do next, ſhall be next to tell the King // Of this Eſcape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ſhall ſo prevail, // To force him after: in whoſe company // I ſhall review Sicilia; for whoſe ſight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.
- 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, act IV, scene iv, in The Works of Mr. William Shakeſpear; in Eight Volumes, volume II (1709), page 954:
- (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Odyſſey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:
- Shall I the long, laborious ſcene review, // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), Homer (author), Odyssey, book III, lines 127–128, in The Odyſſey of Homer, volume I (1760), page 113:
Translations
to look broadly over
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to write a review
to look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
See also
- revise (v.)