Part 1741

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A critic; a reviewer.</def>

<blockquote>Received with caution by the <b>censors</b> of the press. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Censorial</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen*so"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals.</def>

<i>Junius.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Full of censure; censorious.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>censorial</b> declamation of Juvenal. <i>T. Warton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Censorian</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen*so"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Censorial.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Censorious</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen*so"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>censorius</ets> pertaining to the censor. See <er>Censor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.</def>

<blockquote>A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be <b>consorious</b> of his neighbors. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Implying or expressing censure; <as>as, <ex>censorious</ex> remarks</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cen*so"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Cen*so"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Censorship</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"sor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or power of a censor; <as>as, to stand for a <ex>censorship</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<blockquote>The press was not indeed at that moment under a general <b>censorship</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Censual</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"su*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>censualis</ets>, fr. <ets>census</ets>.]</ety> <def>Relating to, or containing, a census.</def>

<blockquote>He caused the whole realm to be described in a <b>censual</b> roll. <i>Sir R. Baker.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Censurable</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"sur*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; <as>as, a <ex>censurable</ex> person, or <ex>censurable</ex> conduct</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cen"sur*a*bleness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Cen"sur*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Censure</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>censura</ets> fr. <ets>censere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>censure</ets>. Cf. <er>Censor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>