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Webster 1913 Edition


Cense

Cense

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
I.
To burn or scatter incense.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cense

CENSE

,
Noun.
1.
A public rate or tax.
2.
Condition; rank.

CENSE

,
Verb.
T.
To perfume with odors from burning substances.

Definition 2024


cense

cense

See also: censé

English

Verb

cense (third-person singular simple present censes, present participle censing, simple past and past participle censed)

  1. (obsolete) To perfume with incense.
    • Dryden
      The Salii sing and cense his altars round.
Translations

Etymology 2

Old French cense, French cens, Latin census.

Noun

cense (plural censes)

  1. (obsolete) A census.
  2. (obsolete) A public rate or tax.
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  3. (obsolete) condition; rank
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Anagrams


Latin

Verb

cēnsē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēnseō

Spanish

Verb

cense

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of censar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censar.