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Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. Whitlock.

CENSURER
One who censures. Sha.
CAPTIOUSNESS
Captious disposition or manner.
CAVIL; CAVILER; CAVILLER
One who cavils. Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.
CAPTIOUSLY
In a captious manner.
CENSURE
1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. Both the censure and the praise were merited.
CAVILOUS; CAVILLOUS
Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. -- Cav"il*ous*ly, adv. -- Cav"il*ous*ness, n.
CAVILLATION
Frivolous or sophistical objection. Hooker.
CAVILING
Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.
CAVIL
To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.
CAVILINGLY
In a caviling manner.
CAPTIOUS
1. Art to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. A captius and suspicious. Stillingfleet. I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to adbide the test of a captious controversy. Bwike. 2.
MISCENSURE
To misjudge. Daniel. -- n.
LICENSURE
A licensing.