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decensoring

decensoring is the present participle and gerund of decensor.

Meaning of decensor

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.

Questions about decensoring

What is decensoring the present participle and gerund of?
Decensoring is the present participle and gerund of decensor.

Words near decensoring in the dictionary

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

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