Review /(?)/

Re·view

Review

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Reviewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing

  1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.]
  2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. (Law)
  3. To retrace; to go over again.
    Shall I the long, laborious scene review?

Review

v. i.
  1. To look back; to make a review.

Review

n.
  1. A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.
  2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.
  3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.
  4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
  5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
  6. The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher. (Law)
  7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Phrases & Compounds

Bill of review
a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled.
Commission of review
a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.