What's the difference between revise and revisory?

Revise


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To look at again for the detection of errors; to reexamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.
  • (v. t.) To compare (a proof) with a previous proof of the same matter, and mark again such errors as have not been corrected in the type.
  • (v. t.) To review, alter, and amend; as, to revise statutes; to revise an agreement; to revise a dictionary.
  • (n.) A review; a revision.
  • (n.) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Under a revised deal most people are now being vetted on time, but charges for the service have had to rise from £12 and free vetting for volunteers, to £28 for a standard disclosure and £33 for an advanced disclosure.
  • (2) Potential revisions of the scale, as well as cautions for its use in clinical applications on its present form are discussed.
  • (3) In addition, a new dosage concepts has been introduced on the basis of the effective dose on the lines of the recommendations by the IRCP; as a result, the definitions of radiation protection areas and of dosage limit values had to be revised and reworded.
  • (4) Cameron, who faces intense political pressure from the UK Independence party in the runup to the 2014 European parliamentary elections, believes voters will need to be consulted if the EU agrees a major treaty revision in the next few years.
  • (5) Here we compare this revised technique to the classical sucrose density centrifugation procedure.
  • (6) The data were grouped to determine differences between the experimental and the newly revised formats of the GRE-A measure, in addition to any differences among programs.
  • (7) They also questioned why George Osborne and the Treasury failed to realise there was a potential issue earlier in the calculation process – pointing to recent upwards revisions of post-1995 gross national income by the UK’s own statistics watchdog.
  • (8) The Met Office has had to revise its forecast on previous occasions.
  • (9) The revised diagnosis was pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma for one case and pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma for the other cases.
  • (10) As a contribution to the proposed revision of the DSM-III-R category "Psychological Factors Affecting Physical Condition" for DSM-IV, this article reviews the history of how the relationship of psychiatric illness to neurological illness has been understood with respect to depression.
  • (11) Fixation is more difficult to achieve after revision for infection because of the inferior quality of the bone.
  • (12) The component was revised in forty-five patients, revision and advancement of the trochanteric component was done in twenty-five patients, and impinging bone or cement was removed from six patients; a combination of these procedures was done in nineteen patients.
  • (13) The decision came after Japan’s revised rules on the transfer of arms and defence technology, Suga said.
  • (14) With these stringent criteria the rejection rate was 71.0% for group A records, 58.5% for group B and 44.5% for group C. The proportions of records with peak quality (no missing leads or clipping, and grade 1 noise, lead drift or beat-to-beat drift) were 4.5% for group A, 5.5% for group B and 23.0% for group C. Suggested revisions in the grading of technical quality of ECGs are presented.
  • (15) The United States is in the process of adopting the revised recommendations of the ICRP.
  • (16) Functional gain was measured by the Revised Level of Rehabilitation Scale (LORS-II).
  • (17) Percutaneous balloon catheter dilation appears to be an effective method of treating stenosis in autogenous vein grafts and a useful alternative to surgical revision.
  • (18) The unreliable items were then deleted, and the revised scales were assessed in Study 2.
  • (19) These will be put forward for another round of consultation when the government publishes its revised national energy policy statements.
  • (20) Physicians are urged to reject involvement in rationing as inconsistent with their role as patient advocates and to support technology assessment, fee revisions, and more stringent self regulation as ways to discourage malpractice suits.

Revisory


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the power or purpose to revise; revising.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tissue reactions at the cement-bone and artificial implant-bone interface were examined light and electron microscopically in thirty-six patients who underwent revisory operation of hip or knee replacement.

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