"revise one's priors" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: revises one's priors [present, singular, third-person], revising one's priors [participle, present], revised one's priors [participle, past], revised one's priors [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} revise one's priors (third-person singular simple present revises one's priors, present participle revising one's priors, simple past and past participle revised one's priors)
  1. Synonym of update one's priors Synonyms: update one's priors [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-revise_one's_priors-en-verb-NoBcKllX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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