review

A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.

I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.

An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.

The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.

The more strongly people felt about their ideas, the more potent the demons seemed to them: Christians believed that traditional paganism, far from being the work of men, was an 'opium of the masses', pumped into the human race by the non-human demons; and one scholar even ascribed bad reviews of his book to demonic inspiration!

A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.

The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.

A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.

The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.

A survey of the available items or material.

The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.

To survey; to look broadly over.

Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.

To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.

The critic reviews every new play in London.

[…] "The Interview," a crude and poorly reviewed comedy about a C.I.A. effort to hire two bumbling journalists to knock off Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader […]

To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.

"Keith Williams is reviewing his review," the source said. "The whole structure of the industry has changed since he wrote his report. [...]"

To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

To view or see again; to look back on.

Cam[illo] What I do next, ſhall be next to tell the King // Of this Eſcape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ſhall ſo prevail, // To force him after: in whoſe company // I ſhall review Sicilia; for whoſe ſight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.