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censussed

censussed is the simple past and past participle of census.

Meaning of census

Verb

census (third-person singular simple present censuses or censusses, present participle censusing or censussing, simple past and past participle censused or censussed)

  1. (transitive) To conduct a census on.
    • Each page of the schedule was crossruled with 8 lines, capable of censussing 8 individuals.1893, Census of India, 1891, volume 23, page 347
  2. (intransitive) To collect a census.
    • My initiation to waterfowl censussing took place in the early days of the A.W.E., as it is familiarly known, when I served as a junior to one of the ablest of the Witwatersrand pioneers, Royce Reed. The method used must remain one of the three basic methods of Transvaal waterfowl censussing...1965, Fauna & Flora, page 46

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Questions about censussed

What is censussed the simple past and past participle of?
Censussed is the simple past and past participle of census.

Words near censussed in the dictionary

  1. census-designated place
  2. census-designated places
  3. censused
  4. censuses
  5. censusing
  6. censussed
  7. censusses
  8. censussing
  9. cent
  10. cent percent
  11. cent-

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