revise
verb (used with object)
to amend or alter.
reviser
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a word derived from
revise.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Polito thereby gives us a poet who isn’t “just a blazing, mercurial, ingenious reviser of his own words and melodies but also a conscious, sly, artist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The words in italics, for reasons lost to history, were omitted from the first compilation of federal laws in 1874, which was prepared by a government official called “the reviser of the federal statutes.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
Orwell’s protagonist, Winston Smith, works as a reviser of historical records in the Ministry of Truth before becoming a member of a doomed resistance movement.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2019
Shakespeare, too, was a tireless reviser, Mr. Shapiro pointed out, even adding some songs to a later production of “Macbeth,” of all plays, just to perk it up.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2015
He was a tireless reviser, and possessed the rare power of cutting, polishing, and finishing his work with exquisite nicety, without robbing it of vigor.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
