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precensoring

precensoring is the present participle and gerund of precensor.

Meaning of precensor

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

Questions about precensoring

What is precensoring the present participle and gerund of?
Precensoring is the present participle and gerund of precensor.

Words near precensoring in the dictionary

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

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