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verb · intransitive · rare

cense

cense · censes · censed · censing

To perfume with incenseTo perfume with incense.

/sɛns/

Meaning

1 senses

To perfume with incense.
perfume especially with a censer

Translations

3 languages

Origin

Apheretic form of incense.

Apheretic form of incense.

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Forms

censes, censing, censed, censed

Base form	cense · to cense
3rd person singular	censes
Present participle	censing
Past simple	censed
Past participle	censed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	cense
he, she, it	censes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

censed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have censed
he, she, it	has censed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will cense

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

perfume especially with a censer:incense thurify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

cement cemeteryB2 cenotaph censor censorship censure

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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