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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Revise \Re*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Revised}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Revising}.] [F. reviser, fr. L. revidere, revisum, to see
     again; pref. re- re- + videre, visum, to see. See {Review},
     {View}.]
     1. To look at again for the detection of errors; to
        re["e]xamine; to review; to look over with care for
        correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a
        translation.
  
     2. (Print.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the
        same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been
        corrected in the type.
  
     3. To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to
        revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
  
     {The Revised Version of the Bible}, a version prepared in
        accordance with a resolution passed, in 1870, by both
        houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury,
        England. Both English and American revisers were employed
        on the work. It was first published in a complete form in
        1885, and is a revised form of the Authorized Version. See
        {Authorized Version}, under {Authorized}.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  revised
       adj 1: improved or brought up to date; "a revised edition"
       2: altered or revised by rephrasing or by adding or deleting
          material; "the amended bill passed easily"

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