| wordswarm.net . sorabji.com |
|
SorabjiAds
|
6 definitions found for Cense
Cense CENSE, n.
cense v 1: perfume especially with a censer [syn: cense, incense, thurify]
cense transitive verb (censed; censing) Etymology: Middle English, probably short for encensen to offer incense, from Anglo-French encenser, from Late Latin incensare, from incensum incense Date: 14th century to perfume especially with a censer
Cense Cense, n. [OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census.] 1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] --Howell. Bacon. 2. Condition; rank. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
Cense Cense, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Censed; p. pr. & vb. n. Censing.] [Abbrev. from incense.] To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. --Dryden.
Cense Cense, v. i. To burn or scatter incense. |
Recently Viewed Words
jigaboo
Necrology sales talk Thorn apple roofy ptyalism mire parturition fourmilier sporangia grass court parfleche Pudenda duplicitous sinigrin ted augurs brolly Appalled fraise homonym teleost y83 tucket futtock Thorstein Veblen mort nepali eminent domain trumeau spinel surrebut bubo Viking kernel Proscribed seclusiveness Abstainer stilet |