Review \Re*view"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Review?d; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.]

[Pref. re- + view. Cf. Review, n. ]

1. To view or see again; to look back on. [R.]

``I shall review Sicilia.'' --Shak.

2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically:
   (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition.
   (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel.
   (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.
   (d) (Law) To re["e]xamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one.

3. To retrace; to go over again.

Shall I the long, laborious scene review? --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Review \Re*view"\, v. i. To look back; to make a review.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise.]

1. A second or repeated view; a re["e]xamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life.

2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works.

3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique.

4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.

5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc.

6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher.

7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.

Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. --Wharton.

Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates.

Syn: Re["e]xamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)