revisaln.
/rᵻˈvʌɪzl/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪz(ə)l/, /riˈvaɪz(ə)l/ The action or an act of revising or looking over something again; revision or re-examination; an instance of this.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > re-examination > [noun]
revisitation1549
revisal1612
reinspection1697
reinvestigation1772
rechecking1854
revetting1940
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice f. 21v Let me not enter in this strict reuisall of my Sinne and grace.
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd (1673) II. 289 The good inclination of my Lords the Bishops..as to a revisal of themselves.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xvi. 79 She has written a Letter to you, which passed Mr. Peters's Revisal before she had the Courage to send it.
1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. ix. 217 Setting of Titles is generally govern'd by fancy; yet it does not follow that..every fancy should be tolerated... It is therefore proper that Titles should have the revisal of one that is allowed to have good judgment.
1807 F. Wrangham Serm. Transl. Script. 29 Let these separate labours subsequently undergo the careful revisal..of the entire body.
1860 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough (1861) 36 A thorough revisal of gloves, neckcloths, etc., is soon made.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxvi. 333 He had not submitted his despatch to official revisal.
1929 E. C. Thomas Lay Folks' Hist. Liturgy ii. xvi. 233 A Royal Commission in 1906 recommended a revisal of the Prayer Book of 1662.
2003 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 Nov. 22 In its 2000 annual revisal, the bank assessed the state of its relationship with Enron as ‘extremely strong’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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