cense
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cense¹
- /sɛns/
Sounds like sense · Rhymes with -ɛns
Where it comes from
Apheretic form of incense.
verb censes · censing · censed
- To perfume with incense. The Salii sing and 'cense his altars round.
cense²
- /sɛns/
Sounds like sense · Rhymes with -ɛns
Where it comes from
Old French cense, French cens, Latin census.
noun censes
- A census. [I]n the year 1636, King Charles ſending to the Lord Mayor [of London], to make a ſcrutiny, vvhat number of Roman Catholiques and ſtrangers, there vvere in the City, he took occaſion thereby, to make a Cenſe of all the people; and there vvere of Men, VVomen, and Children, above ſeven hundred thouſan
- A public rate or tax. as moneys a sum in name of a cense so returned
- condition; rank if you write to a man, whose estate and cense as senses, you are familiar with, you may the bolder (to let a taske to his braine) venter on a knot
Translations
Talk about this word "cense." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cense. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cense. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cense "cense." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cense.Cite this
@misc{cense_2026,
title = {cense},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cense},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
