'Recension' definitions:
Definition of 'Recension'
From: GCIDE
- Recension \Re*cen"sion\ (r[-e]*s[e^]n"sh[u^]n), n. [L. recensio: cf. F. recension.]
- 1. The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'recension'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amendment,
- article,
- autograph,
- brainchild,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- copy,
- correction,
- document,
- draft,
- edited version,
- editing,
- emendation,
- engrossment,
- essay,
- fair copy,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- holograph,
- letter,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- nonfiction,
- opus,
- original,
- paper,
- parchment,
- penscript,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- production,
- reading matter,
- rectification,
- redaction,
- redraft,
- rescript,
- rescription,
- revampment,
- review,
- revisal,
- revise,
- revised edition,
- revision,
- rewrite,
- rewriting,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- the written word,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- typescript,
- version,
- work,
- writing