REVIEWING
Verb
reviewing
present participle of review
Noun
reviewing (plural reviewings)
The act by which something is reviewed, or thought about again; a mental review.
Source: Wiktionary
REVIEW
Re*view", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Review; p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing.]
Etym: [Pref. re- + view. Cf. Riview, 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 reëxamine 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.
Re*view", v. i.
Definition: To look back; to make a review.
Re*view", n. Etym: [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 reëxamination; 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)
Definition: 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.
– Reëxamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration;
revisal; revise; revision.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition