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单词 revising
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revisingn.

Brit. /rᵻˈvʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪzɪŋ/, /riˈvaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see revise v. and -ing suffix1; also Scottish pre-1700 reviseing.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revise v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < revise v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier review n. and later revision n.
The action of revise v. (in various senses); spec. revision, or an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > looking over with a view to amendment
review1565
revision1607
revising1611
revise1641
reviewal1650
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > revising or reviewing
review1565
revision1595
revising1611
revise1641
reviewal1650
society > education > learning > study > [noun] > revision
revising1611
review1820
revision1838
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Reuisione, a reuising or reuiewing.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 103 Moved, whether there may not be a newe revysing of this Bill to that purpose.
1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 528 The authour had not the revising of the sheets.
1732 J. Mitchell Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) I. 165 So high my great Account does grow, That ev'n revising seems but new begun!
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxiv. 144 This paper, which has cost me so many tears,..so much blotting-out, and revising and transcribing.
1824 W. Orme Bibliotheca Biblica 393 More leisure was afterwards enjoyed for the revising, indeed the recomposing of the work.
1847 J. S. Mill Let. 9 Mar. in Wks. (1963) XIII. 708 I have had a book to write..which I have now..completed, sauf the revising.
1907 Times 15 Apr. 2/6 Now is the time to demand a thorough reform of military organization, the revising of military law.
1985 S. Rushdie in Guardian 14 Nov. 20/3 She has described her working method as being one of continual revising and ‘taking out the lies’.
2000 Courier (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) 22 Feb. 13/2 Decided it was time to start revising with exams looming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

revisingadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈvʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /rəˈvaɪzɪŋ/, /riˈvaɪzɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revise v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < revise v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier reviewing adj., and also earlier revising n.
That revises something, esp. a text.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > [adjective] > revising or relating to revision
revising1757
diorthotic1860
1757 S. Richardson Let. 19 Nov. (1964) 337 Your Ladiship's Correspondence & mine, will be ye safer, because of its length, & for its being only in our own Hands; & if it has yr. Ladiship's revising Eye, will be of ye less consequence.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) Pref. p. x In preparing the present edition I have been again much indebted to the revising accuracy of my friend.
1898 S. Lee Life Shakespeare (1899) v. 59 In both these plays Shakespeare's revising hand can be traced.
1915 Northwestern Reporter 153 645/1 If the revising court sees that justice has been done between the parties, they will not set aside the verdict.
1988 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 39 651 The spokesman of the revising committee drew this change to the attention of the Council Fathers.
2007 Medium Ævum (Nexis) 76 85 The reference to Loddfafnir..also suggests the work of a revising editor.

Compounds

revising barrister n. now historical a barrister appointed by a senior judge to hold local courts at stated periods for the purpose of revising the lists of those eligible to vote in parliamentary elections.The role of revising barrister was introduced in various British parishes and counties from the early 1830s, esp. after the Reform Act of 1832 which increased the size of the electorate. It ceased to exist after the First World War (1914–18) when, with the extension of suffrage to all adult males, local authorities became responsible for compiling electoral registers.
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > appointed to revise list of electors
revising barrister1831
1831 Times 17 Aug. 3 The necessity of extending to the barrister who revised the electoral lists for towns, the same exclusion which is already pronounced by the bill against the revising barrister for counties.
1847 Power Law Qualif. & Registr. 113 The like duty devolves upon the senior judge of assise on the summer circuit to appoint revising barristers to act for each circuit.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xx. 88 We're not so badly off for votes as you are—good sound votes, that'll stand the Revising Barrister.
1915 C. M. Seymour Electoral Reform Eng. & Wales v. 120 Another complaint was that the number of revising barristers was too great. The more there were, the greater was the variety of their opinions as to what constituted a qualification.
1999 S. A. Van Wingerden Women's Suffrage Movement i. 20 As one of the judges said, a revising barrister would have had the right to remove the name of a dog or a horse from the register, so why not that of a woman?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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