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English Dictionary: Censuring by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Censure \Cen"sure\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Censured}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Censuring}.] [Cf. F. ensurer.]
      1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate;
            to judge. [Obs.] [bd]Should I say more, you might well
            censure me a flatterer.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.
  
      2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to
            express disapprobation of.
  
                     I may be censured that nature thus gives way to
                     loyalty.                                             --Shak.
  
      3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical
            sentence. --Shak.
  
      Syn: To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend;
               reprimand.
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