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Consed vs Censed - What's the difference?

consed | censed |

As verbs the difference between consed and censed

is that consed is (cons) while censed is (cense).

consed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cons)

  • cons

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of construct .

    Noun

    (conses)
  • (computing) A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
  • Synonyms
    * cons cell

    Verb

    (es)
  • (computing) To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
  • In addition to specifying the whole list at once using square brackets and commas, you can build them up piece by piece using the (:) operator. This process is often referred to as consing.

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (con)
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    censed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cense)

  • cense

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To perfume with incense.
  • * Dryden
  • The Salii sing and cense his altars round.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) cense, (etyl) cens, (etyl) (lena) census.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A census.
  • (obsolete) A public rate or tax.
  • (Howell)
    (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) condition; rank
  • (Ben Jonson)
    (Webster 1913)

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