scent
[ sent ]
/ sɛnt /
noun
verb (used with object)
to perceive or recognize by or as if by the sense of smell: to scent trouble.
to fill with an odor; perfume.
verb (used without object)
to hunt by the sense of smell, as a hound.
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Origin of scent
1325–75; (v.) earlier sent, Middle English senten < Middle French sentir to smell < Latin sentīre to feel; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v. Cf. sense
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scent
/ (sɛnt) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of scent
scented, adjectivescentless, adjectivescentlessness, nounWord Origin for scent
C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentīre to feel; see sense
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Idioms and Phrases with scent
scent
see throw off, def. 3.
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