Both Uses of
revise
in
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubbing its back upon the window-panes; There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet; There will be time to murder and create, And time for all the works and days of hands That lift and drop a question on your plate; Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.†
revisions = changes; or changed versions
- In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(revise) to change (and hopefully improve) -- most frequently to improve a written document, but it can be any intentional change such as a change in an estimated amount, a plan, or a series of procedures
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In the UK, revise can also mean to review material previously studied to prepare for a test.