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Ep., p. 5. I require to see a proof, a revise , a re-revise, and a double re-revise, or fourth proof rectified impre ion of all my productions, especially verse. O. W. Holmes , Autocrat, ii. reviser (re-vi'zér), n . [ revise + -er1. Cf. revisor .] One who revises, reviews, or makes corrections or desirable changes, especially in a literary work; hence, specifically, in printing , one who revises proofs. Also revisor . The generality of my scheme does not admit the frequent notice of verbal inaccuracies which he [Bentley] imputed to the obtrusions of a reviser , whom the author's blindne obliged him to employ. Johnson, Milton. [ revision , F. ré revision (rē-vizh'on), n . vision = Sp . revision = Pg. rev isão = = It. rev is i one , revisio ( n- ), a seeing again, revidere , pp. revisus , see again: see revise , review .] 1. The act of revising; reëxamination and correction: as, the revision of statistics; the revision of a book, of a creed, etc. I am persuaded that the stops have been misplaced in the Hebrew manuscripts, by the Jewish critics, upon the last revision of the text. Bp. Horsley , Sermons, I. viii. All male peasants in every part of the empire are inscribed in census lists, which form the basis of the direct taxation. These lists are revised at irregular intervals, and all males alive at the time of the revision , from the new-born babe to the centenarian, are duly inscribed. D. M. Wallace , Ru ia, p. 123. 2. That which is revised; a revised edition or version; specifically [ cap .], the revised English version of the Bible. Council of Revision. See council . revisional (re-vizh'on-al), a . [ revision + -al .] Revisionary. t revisionary (re-vizh'on-ā-ri), a . [ revision + -ary.] Of or pertaining pertaining to revision; of the nature of a revision; revising: as, a revisionary work. revisionist (re-vizh'on-ist), n. [ revision + -ist.] 1. One who favors or supports revision, as in the case of a creed or a statute. 2. A reviser; specifically, one of the revisers of the English version of the Bible. See revised ver sion of the Bible , under version . "I had rather speak," etc., 1 Corinthians xiv. 19. The Victorian revisionists are content with "had" there.