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▪ I. reˈviewing, vbl. n.
[f. review v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb, in various senses.
1573Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 250 The revewing of ony decreittis or processis in that or the lyke caissis. 1598Florio, Recensione, a rehearsing: a reuiewing or examination of an account or number. 1680Godolphin Rep. Can. (ed. 2) 119 Then such a Reviewing shall be final without further Appeal. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 173 This reviewing must be continued for the following Months for all other Fruits; and in reviewing remove such as begin to rot. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 67 The reviewing of the judicial sentences of its Bishops.
attrib.1897Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 15 Jan. 6/5 The erection of reviewing-stands for spectators on the occasion of processions on the next inauguration day. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 10/2 The editors stand at mock attention on the reviewing platform, thumb on nose. 1964Mod. Law Rev. XXVII. 331 Inferior courts and tribunals are at the mercy of the court's reviewing power. 1977Time 4 Apr. 53/1 At his Inaugural parade, Jimmy Carter's reviewing stand was warmed by a specially constructed solar heating unit.
2. The act or practice of writing reviews.
1797Coleridge Lett. (1895) I. 215 Fifty pounds you might..gain by reviewing. 1819Shelley Peter Bell 3rd vii. xvi, The Reviewers who were hired To do the work of his reviewing. 1888Athenæum 19 May 631/3 In no case did I observe anything beyond..the customs of ordinary reviewing.
attrib.1883Black Shandon Bells xxx, We could not have one of our own reviewers abused in our own reviewing columns. 1894Idler Sept. 165 ‘Reviewing’ work is too badly paid for any reasonable being to think of making it either an art or a business.
▪ II. reˈviewing, ppl. a.
[f. review v. + -ing2.]
†1. Looking backwards. Obs. rare—1.
1643Denham Cooper's H. 263 So fast he flies, that his reviewing eye Has lost the Chasers, and his ear the Cry.
2. Holding a review of troops, etc.
1735Somerville Chase i. 273 Reviewing Generals his Merit own. 1769Junius Lett. iii. (1788) 47 The reports of reviewing generals comprehend only a few regiments in England. 1832Regul. & Instr. Cavalry iii. 56 The Reviewing-General presents himself before the centre. 1876[see review n. 3]. 1889[see review v. 6]. |