Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to censure
Participle: censured
Gerund: censuring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | censure |
| you | censure |
| he;she;it | censures |
| we | censure |
| you | censure |
| they | censure |
Perfect
| I | have censured |
| you | have censured |
| he;she;it | has censured |
| we | have censured |
| you | have censured |
| they | have censured |
Past
| I | censured |
| you | censured |
| he;she;it | censured |
| we | censured |
| you | censured |
| they | censured |
Pluperfect
| I | had censured |
| you | had censured |
| he;she;it | had censured |
| we | had censured |
| you | had censured |
| they | had censured |
Future
| I | will censure |
| you | will censure |
| he;she;it | will censure |
| we | will censure |
| you | will censure |
| they | will censure |
Future Perfect
| I | will have censured |
| you | will have censured |
| he;she;it | will have censured |
| we | will have censured |
| you | will have censured |
| they | will have censured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | censure |
| you | censure |
| he;she;it | censure |
| we | censure |
| you | censure |
| they | censure |
Perfect
| I | have censured |
| you | have censured |
| he;she;it | have censured |
| we | have censured |
| you | have censured |
| they | have censured |
Imperfect
| I | censured |
| you | censured |
| he;she;it | censured |
| we | censured |
| you | censured |
| they | censured |
Pluperfect
| I | had censured |
| you | had censured |
| he;she;it | had censured |
| we | had censured |
| you | had censured |
| they | had censured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would censure |
| you | would censure |
| he;she;it | would censure |
| we | would censure |
| you | would censure |
| they | would censure |
Perfect
| I | would have censured |
| you | would have censured |
| he;she;it | would have censured |
| we | would have censured |
| you | would have censured |
| they | would have censured |
Imperative
| you | censure |
| we | Let's censure |
| you | censure |
Verbs conjugated like 'censure'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'censure'
ensure,
cense,
censor,
censour,
census,
coendure,
coinsure,
conjure,
consume,
endure,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to formally rebuke
- criticize
- condemn
- denounce, chastise, disapprove, criticize, judge, discipline, denigrate
- blame
- decry, rebuke, castigate, inculpate, chide, berate, upbraid, incriminate
Antonyms
- condemn
- exonerate, acquit, pardon, free
- blame
- praise, credit, honor, commend
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”).
Sample Sentences
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I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence. [1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43:]
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Cultural norms and social rules regulate whether someone can be among others or will be isolated, whether the sick will be considered foul or acceptable, and whether they are to be pitied or censured. [1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642:]
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The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency. [2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN:]
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Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer. [1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:]