\Re*cen"sion\, 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.