CENSE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] Howell. Bacon.

2.
n.

Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3.
v.

To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.

4.
v.

To burn or scatter incense.


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