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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1715

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CENSURE, v. To estimate.Peb. 1715 A. Pennecuik Poems (1815) 396:
The webster sent me to the mill, Of corn I trow to grind a peck, And there the miller held me still, Till time we censured every sack.

[From Lat. censēre, to count, estimate.]

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