<B>revision, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or work of revising. <BR> <I>Ex. a very great work, the revision of my dictionary (Samuel Johnson). We'd rather wait for orderly, treaty-type revisions (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a revised form or version. <BR> <I>Ex. A revision of that book will be published in June.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) a careful scrutiny or review of work. <BR> <I>Ex. The month before the final examination is given to careful revision of the subjects.</I> </DL>
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<B>revisional, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with revision. </DL>
<B>revisionism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the beliefs or practices of the Communist revisionists. </DL>
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<B>revisionist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who favors or supports revision. <BR> <I>Ex. Martin Luther, a sixteenth century revisionist (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a reviser, especially one of those who made the Revised Version of the Bible. <DD><B> 3. </B>a Communist who tends to a flexible or nationalistic interpretation of Marxism, and revision of doctrines according to changing national needs. <DD><I>adj. </I> favoring revision or revisionism. </DL>
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<B>revisit, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to visit again; return to. <BR> <I>Ex. He revisited his birthplace and he traveled over again to places where he had been as a boy actor (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a repeated or second visit. <BR> <I>Ex. The proposed revisit of the Russian pianist ... has been abandoned (London Daily News).</I> </DL>
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<B>revisor, </B>noun. <B>=reviser.</B></DL>
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<B>revisory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with revision. <BR> <I>Ex. a revisory committee.</I> </DL>
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<B>revitalize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to restore to vitality; put new life into. <BR> <I>Ex. ... to revitalize the Federal business-regulating agencies (Wall Street Journal).</I> noun <B>revitalization.</B> </DL>
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<B>revivable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be revived. </DL>
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<B>revival, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or process of bringing or coming back to life or consciousness. <BR> <I>Ex. On his revival from the swoon ..., he recovered his speech and sight (Edward Gibbon).</I> (SYN) reanimation, resuscitation. <DD><B> 2. </B>a restoration to vigor or health. <BR> <I>Ex. He had an amazing revival after his operation.</I> (SYN) reinvigoration. <DD><B> 3. </B>the act of bringing or coming back to style, use, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. the revival of a play performed years ago.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>something revived. <BR> <I>Ex. The most conspicuously important revivals were ... Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" ... and James Joyce's "Exiles" (Eric Shorter).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>an awakening or increase of interest in religion. <DD><B> 6. </B>special services or efforts made to awaken or increase interest in religion. </DL>
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<B>revivalism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the spirit and practices of religious revivals and revivalists. <BR> <I>Ex. Revivalism, the archbishop admits, accomplishes some things for which God should be praised (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a tendency to revive what belongs to the past. </DL>
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<B>revivalist, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who holds special services to awaken interest in religion, especially an evangelistic preacher. <BR> <I>Ex. His voice boomed like that of a camp-meeting revivalist when he talked to his audience (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=revivalistic.</B> </DL>
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<B>revivalistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of revivalism or revivalists. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] campaigned for his fourth term in the typical give-'em-hell, revivalistic style (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>Revival of Learning,</B> <B>Letters,</B> or <B>Literature,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Renaissance in its relation to learning. </DL>
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<B>revive, </B>verb, <B>-vived,</B> <B>-viving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bring back to life or consciousness. <BR> <I>Ex. He was nearly drowned, but we revived him.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to bring back to a fresh, lively condition. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make fresh; restore. <BR> <I>Ex. Hot coffee revived the cold, tired man.</I> (SYN) refresh. <DD><B> 4. </B>to bring back to notice, use, fashion, memory, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. to revive an old song. An old play is sometimes revived on the stage. Petrarch ... indulged his fancy by deliberately reviving Latin words and constructions (Simeon Potter).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Chemistry.) to restore to its natural form; reduce to its uncombined state. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to come back to life or consciousness. <BR> <I>Ex. The half-drowned swimmer revived. Henry is dead and never shall revive (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to come back to a fresh, lively condition. <BR> <I>Ex. Flowers revive in water.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to become fresh. <DD><B> 4. </B>to come back to notice, use, fashion, memory, or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. The fine arts revived during the Renaissance.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Chemistry.) to recover its natural or uncombined state. noun <B>reviver.</B> </DL>
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<B>revivification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>restoration to life. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) the reduction of a metal in combination to its metallic state. </DL>
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<B>revivify, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to restore to life; give new life to. noun <B>revivifier.</B> </DL>
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<B>reviviscence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a return to life or vigor. </DL>
<B>reviviscent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> returning to life or vigor. </DL>
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<B>revivor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an action, as to revive a lawsuit, interrupted by the death of one of the parties, or by some other circumstance. </DL>
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<B>rev/min</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> revolutions per minute. <BR> <I>Ex. a speed of 15,500 rev/min.</I> </DL>
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<B>revocability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being revocable. </DL>
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<B>revocable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be repealed, canceled, or withdrawn. noun <B>revocableness.</B> adv. <B>revocably.</B> </DL>
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<B>revocation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of revoking; repeal; canceling; withdrawal. <BR> <I>Ex. the revocation of a law.</I> (SYN) revoking, rescinding, annulment. </DL>
<B>revoke, </B>verb, <B>-voked,</B> <B>-voking,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take back; repeal; cancel; withdraw. <BR> <I>Ex. to revoke a driver's license. The king revoked his decree.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to call back. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to fail to follow suit in playing cards when one can and should; renege. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a failure to follow suit in cards when one can and should; renege. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=revocation.</B> noun <B>revoker.</B> </DL>
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<B>revolt, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the act or state of rebelling. <BR> <I>Ex. The town is in revolt against higher school taxes. It was not possible to think of such things without a revolt of his whole being (Edith Wharton).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to turn away from and fight against a leader; rise against the government's authority. <BR> <I>Ex. The people revolted against the dictator.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to turn away with disgust. <BR> <I>Ex. to revolt at a bad smell. Our whole hearts revolt against the way women have hitherto been treated (William H. Mallock).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to feel disgust. <BR> <I>Ex. A dirty restaurant revolts even a hungry man. There were several ... whom this brutality revolted (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> (SYN) repel, sicken. noun <B>revolter.</B> </DL>
