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revise | read |

In obsolete terms the difference between revise and read

is that revise is to look at again, to reflect on while read is to tell; to declare; to recite.

As a proper noun Read is

{{surname|from=Old English}}, a less common spelling variant of Reid.

revise

English

Verb

(revis)
  • (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.
  • To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.
  • This statute should be revised .
  • * 1951', , ''Preface to the '''Revised Edition'', ''The Holy Quran: English Translation and Commentary , 2011, unnumbered page,
  • There has been a demand for a revised edition of my English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur?an since the end of the Second World War.
  • * 1983', Willard Scott Thompson, ''Chapter 1: The Third World Revisited'', Willard Scott Thompson (editor), ''The Third World: Premises of U.S. Policy'', ' Revised edition, page 15,
  • The chapter that deals specifically with singular examples is Daniel Pipes? revised study of the Third World peoples of Soviet Central Asia.
  • * 2008 , Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research , 3rd edition, University of Chicago Press, page 203,
  • The best writers know better. They write a first draft not to show readers, but to discover what case they can make for their point and whether it stands up to their own scrutiny. Then they revise' and ' revise until they think their readers will think so too.
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
  • I should be revising for my exam in a few days.
  • * 1957 , Clifford Thomas Morgan, James Deese, How to Study , McGraw-Hill, page 16,
  • In revising your notes, you can also reorganize them so that they are more legible, better arranged, and in a more useful condition for subsequent reviews.
  • * 2003 , Stuart Redman, English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate , 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 5,
  • 4 Is it necessary to revise vocabulary (= study it again for a second or third time)?
    5 Is it better to revise' vocabulary occasionally for long periods of time, or is it better to ' revise regularly for short periods of time?
  • * 2008', Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, ''Chapter 19: How to build your memory and '''revise effectively'', ''Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University , SAGE Publications, UK, page 273.
  • Synonyms

    * * (look over again) review

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A review or a revision.
  • (printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.
  • * 1837 , Anthony Panizzi, A letter to His Royal Highness the President of the Royal Society, on the New Catalogue of the Library of that Institution Now in the Press , page 30,
  • The question is, not whether the revises of the Catalogue, which I was obliged to circulate prematurely, were faultless, but whether the alterations which I was desired to make would not render them worse.
  • * 1869 August 16, , letter to W. H. Bradbury, 1983, N. John Hall (editor), The Letters of Anthony Trollope , Volume 1: 1835-1870, page 479,
  • Looking back at the revises of Bullhampton it seems to me that the printers have fallen into some error as to the numbering of Chapters XXXIV—XXXV—XXXVI—which should have been XXXV—XXXVI— and XXXVII.
  • * 1917 , United States Congress: House Committee on Rules, Alleged Divulgence of President?s note to Belligerent Powers , page 1440,
  • I still held the revises ; kept them until the type was made up and went to the press, for final page proof.
  • * 1997 , , The Practice of Writing , 2011, page 219,
  • until I had corrected the proofs of the novel and seen the revises , so that the text was irrevocably fixed, before beginning the screenplay.

    See also

    * revisable * revisal * reviser * revisory * revision * revisionism * revisionist

    Anagrams

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    read

    English

    (wikipedia read)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.i:
  • But now, faire Ladie, comfort to you make, / And read / That short reuenge the man may ouertake […].
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • (transitive, or, intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a ''to'' phrase or an indirect object.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
  • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. […]}}
  • To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
  • To consist of certain text.
  • The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.
  • Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
  • That sentence reads strangely.
  • To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); (used to introduce an emendation of a text).
  • * 1832 , John Lemprière et al., Bibliotheca classica , Seventh Edition, W. E. Dean, page 263:
  • In , it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.
  • (informal, usually, ironic) .
  • * 2009 , Suzee Vlk et al., The GRE Test for Dummies , Sixth Edition, Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-00919-2, page 191:
  • Eliminate illogical (read : stupid) answer choices.
  • (telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
  • (British) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
  • (computing) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
  • to read''' a hard disk; to '''read''' a port; to '''read the keyboard
  • (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
  • * (William Tyndale)
  • Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine.
  • (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.iv:
  • But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
  • (transgenderism) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
  • (read)
  • Usage notes

    * When "read" is used transitively with an author's name as the object, it generally means "to look at writing(s) by (the specified person)" (rather than "to recognise (the specified person) as transgender"). Example: "I am going to read Milton before I read His Dark Materials'', so I know what ''His Dark Materials is responding to."

    Synonyms

    * (look at and interpret letters or other information) interpret, make out, make sense of, understand, scan * (speak aloud words or other information that is written) read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak * (be able to hear) copy, hear, receive * (make a study of) learn, study, look up

    Antonyms

    * (to be recognised as transgender) pass

    Derived terms

    * beread * cold read * dictated but not read * have one's head read * lip read/lip-read * mind-read * misread * overread * read along * read between the lines * read dating * read for * read my lips * read-only * read out * read over * read somebody like a book * read somebody the riot act * read someone's mind * read the green * read through * read up * readable * reader * reading * RTFM * sight read * speed-read * underread * unread * WORM/Write Once Read Many * well-read

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
  • * Furnivall
  • One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read .
  • * Philip Larkin, Self's the Man
  • And when he finishes supper / Planning to have a read at the evening paper / It's Put a screw in this wall — / He has no time at all
  • * 2006 , MySQL administrator's guide and language reference (page 393)
  • In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "read") * cold read * read-out, readout

    See also

    (read)

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