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review

1. re.view \ri-'vyu:\ n [MF revue, fr. revoir to look over, fr. re- + voir 
   to s]ee - more at VIEW 1: REVISION  2a: a formal military inspection  2b: a 
   military ceremony honoring a person or an event  3: a general survey  4: an 
   act of inspecting or examining  5: judicial reexamination (as of the 
   proceedings of a lower tribunal by a h igher) 6a: a critical evaluation (as 
   of a book or play)  6b: a magazine devoted chiefly to reviews and essays  
   7a: a retrospective view or survey  7b1: renewed study of material 
   previously studied  7b2: an exercise facilitating such study  8: REVUE 
2. re.view \ri-'vyu:, 1 is also 're--\ vb [in senses 1 & 2, fr. re- + view; 
   in other senses, fr. 1re]view archaic  1: to view or see again  2: to 
   examine again; esp : to reexamine judicially  3: to take a retrospective 
   view of  4a: to go over or examine critically or deliberately  4b: to write 
   a critical examination of {~ a novel}  5: to hold a review of {~ troops}  
   1: to study material again : to make a review {~ for a test}  2: to write 
   reviews