censure
See also: censuré
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censere (“to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
censure (countable and uncountable, plural censures)
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, “Chapter 1 part ii”, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], OCLC 995235880:
- Censure, which arraigns the public actions and the private motives of princes, has ascribed to envy, a conduct which might be attributed to the prudence and moderation of Hadrian.
- 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson [from the Encyclopædia Britannica]”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, OCLC 30956848:
- Both the censure and the praise were merited.
- An official reprimand.
- Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
- c. 1589–1590, Christopher Marlo[we], Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Ievv of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, OCLC 1121318438, Act PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT COURT:
- He that hath past
So many censures is now come at last
To have your princely ears […]
- 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:
- excommunication […] being the chief ecclesiastical censure
- (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension
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an official reprimand
VerbEdit
censure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)
- To criticize harshly.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene v]:
- I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
- 1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43:
- The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence.
- To formally rebuke.
- (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
- 1625, John Fletcher; Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, Act I, scene ii:
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
SynonymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to criticize harshly
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to formally rebuke
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ReferencesEdit
- “censure”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “censure”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "censure" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
censure f (plural censures)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
censure
- inflection of censurer:
Further readingEdit
- “censure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
censure f
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kenˈsuː.re/, [kẽːˈs̠uːrɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈsu.re/, [t͡ʃenˈsuːre]
ParticipleEdit
cēnsūre
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: cen‧su‧re
VerbEdit
censure
- inflection of censurar:
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈsuɾe/ [θẽnˈsu.ɾe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /senˈsuɾe/ [sẽnˈsu.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -uɾe
- Hyphenation: cen‧su‧re
VerbEdit
censure
- inflection of censurar: