cense Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb perfume especially with a censer
    thurify; incense.

WordNet

Cense noun
Etymology
OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census.
Definitions
  1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. Obs. Howell. Bacon.
  2. Condition; rank. Obs. B. Jonson.
Cense transitive verb
Etymology
Abbrev. from incense.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Censed ; present participle & verbal noun Censing
Definitions
  1. To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
    The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.
Cense intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To burn or scatter incense.

Webster 1913