precensor en · VERB
Etymology
From pre- + censor.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| precensoring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| precensors | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| precensored | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| precensored | Tense=Past | lexicographic |