Recension

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A critical revision of a text incorporating the most plausible elements found in varying sources.
  • n. A text so revised.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A critical revision of a text
  • n. A text established by critical revision
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.
  • n. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.
  • n. The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Review; examination; enumeration.
  • n. A critical or methodical revision, as of the text of a book or document; alteration of a text according to some authority, standard, or principle; a reëditing or systematic revisal.
  • n. A text established by critical or systematic revision; an edited version.
  • n. A critical examination, as of a book; a review; a critique.
  • Word Usage
    "The correct historical setting indicates that the recension was the work of an Abyssinian of the sixth century, who wished to date the establishment of the Abyssinian"
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    review    examination    enumeration    editing   
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