censor
/ˈsensə/SEN-sur
/ˈsɛnsɚ/SEN-sur
Meaningan assessor
Common meaning: one who checks and suppresses content
- censto assess, give an opinionLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 311 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin cēnseō ‘to assess, give an opinion’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry cēnseō, p. 311 · dictionary scan
Roots
- cēnseō, cēnsum Latin “to assess, give an opinion”
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