Recense

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To review; to revise. obsolete, transitive

    "Pope Sixtus and Clemens at a vast expense had an assembly of learned divines, to recense and adjust the Latin Vulgate"

Example

More examples

"Pope Sixtus and Clemens at a vast expense had an assembly of learned divines, to recense and adjust the Latin Vulgate"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recensere.

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