All 10 Uses of
revise
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- It was quite a popular decision, but Barb Wiggin looked at Owen as if she were revising her opinion of how "cute" he was, and the rector observed Owen with a detachment that was wholly out of character for an ex-pilot.†
p. 169..2
- Having revised the Holy Nativity, he had moved on; he was reinterpreting Dickens—for even Dan had to admit that Owen had somehow changed A Christmas Carol.†
p. 205..6
- How the congregation straggled out of the nave; how they hated to have their rituals revised without warning.†
p. 231..1
- "No one killed her," Germaine said; a certain mystical detachment flooded her eyes and caused her to slightly revise her statement.†
p. 251..9
- Liberace had revised his former opposition to homosexuality.†
p. 271..8 *
- In the old King James version, it was called a "sepulchre"; in the Revised Standard version, it is just a "tomb."†
p. 286..6
- JUST TELL THE FACULTY AND THE HEADMASTER THAT THE VOICE IS BUSY—REVISING HIS VALEDICTORY!†
p. 387..6
- To quote The Toronto Daily Star: "Unless the young Americans for whom AMEX speaks revise their priorities and put Number Five first, they risk arousing a growing hostility and suspicion among Canadians."†
p. 464..2
- He had revised a few of his earlier views of our Vietnam policy.†
p. 508..9
- If it took them four or five pages to find the right beginning, didn't they think they should consider revising their papers and beginning them on page four or five?†
p. 558..4
Definition:
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(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