revisionaryadj.
/rᵻˈvɪʒn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈvɪʒəˌnɛri/, /riˈvɪʒəˌnɛri/ Of, relating to, or characterized by revision; concerned with or effecting revision.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > looking over with a view to amendment
revisionary1686
retractative1726
revisional1793
revisory1821
1686 F. Philipps Investigatio Jurium Antiquorum 67 Being not pleased with what had been proposed at that revisionary Treaty.
1739 London Mag. June 299 Lord Sidney, Windsor, Brother to Lord Vere and Duke of St. Albans, obtain'd a Revisionary Grant of Crown Lands after a short Term.
1788 Federalist 2 233 The qualified negative of the President..tallies exactly with the revisionary authority of the council of revision of this State.
1856 W. H. Thompson in A. Butler Hist. Anc. Philos. I. 362 It probably would not have survived its author's revisionary criticism.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 324 There arose in France a strong revisionary spirit,..which carried a great reform.
1910 Times 4 Feb. 5/1 Greek representatives from abroad would find no place in the revisionary body.
1988 Jrnl. Pediatric Surg. 23 214/1 The major disadvantages lie in its cost and the appreciable amount of revisionary surgery required.
2009 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 29 Mar. e8 A scrapbook of revisionary art history.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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