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precensor

precensor verb: to censor in advance.

Verb

precensor (third-person singular simple present precensors, present participle precensoring, simple past and past participle precensored)

  1. (transitive) To censor in advance.
    • On April 29, 1953, a move was announced that would precensor all stories and scripts before they even reached the sets so that an "unlikely" story would not be passed by the precensor board.2011, Sumita S. Chakravarty, National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987, page 72

Forms of precensor

third-person singular presentprecensors
present participleprecensoring
past participleprecensored
pastprecensored

Origin of precensor

From pre- + censor.

Questions about precensor

What does precensor mean?
Precensor means to censor in advance.
What part of speech is precensor?
Precensor is a verb.
What is the past tense of precensor?
The past tense of precensor is precensored.

Words near precensor in the dictionary

  1. precells
  2. precellular
  3. precellularization
  4. precels
  5. precenozoic
  6. precensor
  7. precensored
  8. precensoring
  9. precensors
  10. precensorship
  11. precensus

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