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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
REVI'SE, v.t. s as z. [L. revisus, reviso, to revisit; re and viso, to see, to visit.]
REVI'SE, n.
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.
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.
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. A
review; a revision.
Boyle. A second proof sheet; a
proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent
correction.
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