Thomas L. Knapp wrote: TK) Everyone has bad habits. One of yours is quoting "a" dictionary definition of something, then blithely pretending that what you just quoted was "the" dictionary definition of that thing. [...] If you want to bandy dictionary definitions, WordNet's first definition for the verb form of "censor" is "forbid the public distribution of." (TK
WordNet? LOL. There are two authoritative dictionaries: Merriam-Webster's (best for modern usage) and OED (best for historical usage). OneLook.com also links into some second-tier ones, notably American Heritage and Random House, and a host of third-tier dictionaries, which WordNet barely qualifies as. (WordNet doesn't even call itself a "dictionary", but rather a "lexical database".) When I say "the dictionary", I'm almost always referring to M-W, but sometimes to OED or American Heritage (which is Yahoo's choice). When I say "the dictionary", I am never referring to WordNet. TK) Your use of the word "censor" with reference to lpradicals isn't an accurate descriptive usage. (TK It is, according to the best dictionaries: M-W: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable OED: suppress or remove unacceptable parts of (a book, film, etc.) AH: to examine and expurgate
