noun
Meaning 1
A census.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
cense
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Pronunciation
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/sɛns/
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rhymes with -ɛns
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homophone: sense
noun
Meaning 2
A public rate or tax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
condition; rank
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 4
To perfume with incense.
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verb
Meaning 5
perfume especially with a censer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incense, thurify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: odorize, odourise, scent
History
Etymology
Old French cense, French cens, Latin census.
Apheretic form of incense.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кадя (kadja) — to perfume with incense
- Dutch: bewieroken — to perfume with incense
- Finnish: suitsuttaa — to perfume with incense
- French: encenser — to perfume with incense
- Ido: incensagar — to perfume with incense
- Italian: incensare — to perfume with incense
- Turkish: tütsülemek — to perfume with incense
- Turkish: buhurlamak — to perfume with incense
- Ottoman Turkish: بخورلامق (buhurlamak) — to perfume with incense