Definition of "revisal" [re•vis•al]

• The act or an instance of revising; a revision. (noun)

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• ""On a Clear Day" is the season's fullest "revisal" - a revival of a musical whose score, script and other elements have been reworked - yet Mr. Mayer's overhaul has stirred nothing like the furor surrounding another Broadway-bound revival, "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.""
• "It is therefore not subject to "revisal" except from my own re-reading, and such re-reading has only confirmed it."
• ""revisal" (a revival and a revision) minimized it, turning the front rows of the theater into a nightclub with tables and chairs."