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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la videō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [rɛˈwɪ.de.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [reˈviː.de.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''revideō''' (present infinitive revidēre, perfect active revīdī, supine revīsum); second conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[re-]] “again” and [[videō]] “to see”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis and Short cite Plautus, ''nunc ad eram revidēbō'' “now I'll go back to see my mistress”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to go back to see, pay another visit, and to revisit a place.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cassiodorus uses it of seeing someone again.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to review, re-examine, see again.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''rivedere'', French ''revoir'' and Spanish ''rever'', and through French it is behind [[en|review]], first recorded in the mid-15th century of a military inspection.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of going back to see.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 485–c. 580 AD – Cassiodorus uses it of seeing again.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-15th century – English ''review'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To go back to see; to revisit.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To [[m|en|review]], re-examine.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[revīsiō]]
+ * [[revīsō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[videō]]
+ * [[en|review]]
+ * [[en|revise]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}