cense

[ sens ]

verb (used with object),censed, censing.

to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.

Origin of cense

1300–50; Middle English, aphetic variant of incense¹

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How to use cense in a sentence

An censes inveniri posse Lugdun, Meld, aut alibi in Galliis qui nos ad hc juvare velint.
History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume III | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Hc fortasse metuis, et idcirco mortem censes esse sempiternum malum.
The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II) | Walter M. Chandler

British Dictionary definitions for cense

cense

/ (sɛns) /

verb

(tr) to burn incense near or before (an altar, shrine, etc)

Origin of cense

C14: from Old French encenser; see incense 1

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