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revisory

revisory adjective: having the power or purpose to revise or review.

Adjective

revisory (comparative more revisory, superlative most revisory)

  1. Having the power or purpose to revise or review.
    • An appellate jurisdiction , therefore , that acts , and is acted upon alternatively , in the exercise of an independent revisory authority , must have the means , and can scarcely fail to possess the will , to give it a full and satisfactory review1833, Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

Forms of revisory

comparativemore revisory
superlativemost revisory

Origin of revisory

From revise + -ory.

Questions about revisory

What does revisory mean?
Revisory means having the power or purpose to revise or review.
What part of speech is revisory?
Revisory is an adjective.

Words near revisory in the dictionary

  1. revisitor
  2. revisitors
  3. revisits
  4. revisor
  5. revisors
  6. revisory
  7. revisualisation
  8. revisualisations
  9. revisualise
  10. revisualised
  11. revisualises

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