Obs. [ad. L. censēre to estimate, rate, assess, be of opinion, etc. Cf. CENSE sb.2]

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  1.  trans. To judge, estimate, reckon.

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1606.  Warner, Alb. Eng., XIV. To Rdr.

        And most-what but for Nods doe cense
Saints, senselesse of more Recompence.

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1697.  Evelyn, Numism., ii. 21. The Saracens who likewise are to be censed among the Barbarous.

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  2.  To take a census of, assess.

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a. 1719.  Addison, Evid. Chr. Relig., II. ii. Augustus Caesar had ordered the whole Empire to be censed or taxed.

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