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revised adjective [ rɪˈvʌɪzd ]

• (of written or printed matter) having been altered or corrected.
• "a revised edition of the novel"

revise verb

• examine and make corrections or alterations to (written or printed matter).
• "the book was published in 1960 and revised in 1968"
Similar: amend, emend, correct, alter, change, adapt, edit, copy-edit, rewrite, redraft, rescript, recast, rephrase, rework, update, revamp,
Opposite: preserve,
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘look again or repeatedly (at)’): from French réviser ‘look at’, or Latin revisere ‘look at again’, from re- ‘again’ + visere (intensive form of videre ‘to see’).


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