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re·cen·sion (ri sen′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a revising of a text on the basis of a critical examination of sources
  2. a revised text so produced

Etymology: L recensio < recensere, to revise < re-, again + censere, to value: see censure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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