A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] Howell. Bacon.
Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.
To burn or scatter incense.
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