mense

[ mens ]

/ mɛns /

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noun

propriety; discretion.

verb (used with object), mensed, mens·ing.

to adorn; bring honor to; grace.

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Origin of mense

1490–1500; variant (north) of mensk,Middle English menske courtesy, honor <Old Norse menska humanity, cognate with Old English menniscu literally, the human state; akin to mensch. See man, -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM mense

menseful, adjectivemenseless, adjective

Words nearby mense

Menotti, men's, mensa, mensal, mensch, mense, menservants, menses, Menshevik, mens rea, men's room

How to use mense in a sentence

To be a good candidate, you need to be someone who, for a consistent three months, are able to predict when you will ovulate and when you will have your menses in a very standard fashion.
Bachelor Stars Are Promoting a Birth Control App on Instagram That Experts Say Uses One of the Least Effective Contraceptive Methods|Megan McCluskey|February 4, 2021|Time
(from whose work I take the extract), the following passage occurs, under the head "Mense Januario."
Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850|Various
Anno sue salutifere incarnationis millesimo ducetesimo octuagesimo nono, indictione secunda, die sexto intrante mense augusti.
The Two First Centuries of Florentine History|Pasquale Villari
In October, 1181, three Consuls preside "super facto iustitiae, nominatim in mense octobris."
The Two First Centuries of Florentine History|Pasquale Villari

In Mense's Handbuch der Tropenkrankheiten, i, p. 263-283, pls.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley
An idle taistrill is t' sparrow, wi' nowther sense nor mense in his head.
More Tales of the Ridings|Frederic Moorman