Revisit Meaning
/ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo visit again.
verbTo reconsider or reexperience something.
Sentence Examples
I wish to revisit England before I get too old.
Those old memories of junk food are nice to revisit.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee decided to ____ the old policy to see if it still works.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee decided to ____ the issue after new evidence emerged that cast doubt on the original findings.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English revisite, from Middle French revisiter and Latin revīsitāre. By surface analysis, re- + visit.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules?"
— c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], signature C3, recto:
"Thou, Kind Redeemer, toucht to ſee / So ſad a Sight, ſuch moving Miſery, / Didſt ſoon determine to diſpel / Theſe Shades of Death, and Gloom of Hell: / And ſo to reviſit with Thy Heav'nly Light / Loſt Man, bewilder'd in Infernal Night."
— 1703, [Richard Blackmore], A Hymn to the Light of the World. With a Short Description of the Cartons of Raphael Urbin, in the Gallery at Hampton-Court, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 8:
"On November 21 the restored Highland "Jones Goods" 4-6-0, No. 103, revisited its old haunts when it worked a Stephenson Locomotive Society special from Glasgow (Buchanan Street) to Blair Atholl and back; [...]."
— 1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122:
"On my revisit to the lady, I found her almost as much a sufferer of joy as she had sometimes been from grief […]."
— 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee decided to ____ the old policy to see if it still works.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee decided to ____ the issue after new evidence emerged that cast doubt on the original findings.