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recension

recension


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Recension  \Re*cen"sion\,  n.  [L.  recensio:  cf  F.  recension.] 
  1.  The  act  of  reviewing  or  revising;  review;  examination; 
  enumeration.  --Barrow. 
 
  2.  Specifically,  the  review  of  a  text  (as  of  an  ancient 
  author)  by  an  editor;  critical  revisal  and  establishment. 
 
  3.  The  result  of  such  a  work  a  text  established  by  critical 
  revision;  an  edited  version.