censire

to carry out a census of

verb chen-SEE-reh Rare

Origin: Latin censere (to assess, to tax)

Usage Note

Censire means to officially count or register people, buildings, or assets in a census or survey. It is a formal administrative verb — you censire inhabitants, cultural heritage sites, or endangered species. The related noun is censimento (census). Conjugates as a regular third-conjugation verb (censisco in the present singular following the -isc pattern).

Examples

"Il Comune ha deciso di censire tutti gli edifici storici."

Natural Translation

The municipality decided to carry out a census of all historic buildings.

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