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reviewal

American  
[ri-vyoo-uhl] / rɪˈvyu əl /

noun

  1. the act of reviewing.


Etymology

Origin of reviewal

First recorded in 1640–50; review + -al 2

Example Sentences

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Some thought a change, or at least reviewal and new approval, might be admissible in thirty years; some even went lower, down to twenty, nay to fifteen.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

After a few moments thus passed, as it were, in the very depths of despair, he rose and walked his dreary cell in a sad and silent reverie, a reviewal of all these matters.

From The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The unfortunate gentleman was mistaken, as the following very kind reviewal of his book, which we transfer to The International from The Athenæum of July 26, will show.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various

Mr. Taylor takes the side of the Christian Religion, and of the real against the sham student of nature, in a reviewal of the general subject, in astronomy, geology, comparative physiology, and natural geography.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

We don't suppose he will take our counsel, yet we will venture it, that he make use of Macaulay's reviewal of his poems, instead of any "general preface" of his own.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various