Part 1742

<blockquote>Take each man's <b>censure</b>, but reserve thy judgment. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.</def>

<blockquote>Both the <b>censure</b> and the praise were merited. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.</def>

<blockquote>Excommunication or other <b>censure</b> of the church. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.</syn>

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

<hw>Cen"sure</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Censured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Censuring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ensurer</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Should I say more, you might well <i>censure</i> me a flatterer."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.</def>

<blockquote>I may be <b>censured</b> that nature thus gives way to loyalty. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.</syn>

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

<hw>Cen"sure</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To judge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Censurer</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"sur*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who censures.</def>

<i>Sha.</i>

<h1>Census</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cen"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>census</ets>, fr. <ets>censere</ets>. See <er>Censor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country.</def>

<note>&hand; A general census of the United States was first taken in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten years since.</note>

<h1>Cent</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<tt>F. cent hundred, L. centum. See</tt> <er>Hundred</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A hundred; <as>as, ten per <ex>cent</ex>, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.</def>