Both Uses
revise
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The Nickel Boys
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- His father had been dead for years and was thus unable to revise his assessment of his firstborn son's character, but that night Wilson slept without nightmares for the first time in years.†
p. 109.3 *revise = change
- In some ways Turner had been telling Elwood's story ever since his friend died, through years and years of revisions, of getting it right, as he stopped being the desperate alley cat of his youth and turned into a man he thought Elwood would have been proud of.†
p. 204.7revisions = changes; or changed versions
Definitions:
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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
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the UK, revise can also mean to review material previously studied to prepare for a test.