revisory
[ ri-vahy-zuh-ree ]
/ rɪˈvaɪ zə ri /
adjective
pertaining to or for the purpose of revision.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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revision, revisionary, revisionism, revisionist, revisit, revisory, revitalize, revival, revival of learning, revivalism, revivalist
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Example sentences from the Web for revisory
Of course I must practice a general directory and revisory power in the matter.
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Six|Abraham LincolnWhat revisory function had we, if they, through their representatives, had full power to act on all such subjects whatsoever?
The Life of Jefferson Davis|Frank H. AlfriendOf course, I must practise a general directory and revisory power in the matter.
Life of Abraham Lincoln|Frank CrosbyThis gave him a kind of appellate and revisory jurisdiction in the case of deposed bishops even in the East.
The Rise of the Mediaeval Church|Alexander Clarence Flick
British Dictionary definitions for revisory
revisory
/ (rɪˈvaɪzərɪ) /
adjective
of, relating to, or having the power to revise
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