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recension

recension is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
  2. 2.The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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