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.
RECENSIONIST
Re*cen"sion*ist, n.
Defn: One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.
RECENT
Re"cent, a. Etym: [L. recens, -entis: cf. F. récent.]
1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news. The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent, and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward.
2. (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells.
RECENTER
Re*cen"ter, v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + center.]