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decensor

decensor verb: to restore, recreate or reconstruct the objectionable content of a work.

Verb

decensor (third-person singular simple present decensors, present participle decensoring, simple past and past participle decensored)

  1. (transitive) To restore, recreate or reconstruct the objectionable content of a work.
    • Later on Alice, decensored her painting by painting over the fig leaves she had been forced to put in.

Forms of decensor

third-person singular presentdecensors
present participledecensoring
past participledecensored
pastdecensored

Origin of decensor

From de- + censor.

Questions about decensor

What does decensor mean?
Decensor means to restore, recreate or reconstruct the objectionable content of a work.
What part of speech is decensor?
Decensor is a verb.
What is the past tense of decensor?
The past tense of decensor is decensored.

Words near decensor in the dictionary

  1. decenoates
  2. decenoic acid
  3. decenoic acids
  4. decenol
  5. decenols
  6. decensor
  7. decensored
  8. decensoring
  9. decensors
  10. decensorship
  11. decent

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