Dictionary entry

Recension

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐cen″sion (rē̍‐sĕn″shŭn), 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.