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noun

Cense n.

A census; also, a public rate or tax. (Obs.)

Condition; rank. (Obs.)

verb

Cense v. t. (past & past part. censed; pres. part. censing) To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices. "The Salii sing and cense his altars round."

Cense v. i. To burn or scatter incense.

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Etymology of 'Cense'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cense" Quotes from Famous Books

... began to sing, to bless, and to cense, and did their service, and so by the time that they had done the water was holy, which being sanctified, the Metropolitan took a little thereof in his hands and cast it on the Emperor, likewise upon certain of the dukes, and then they returned again to the church with the priests that ...

— The Discovery of Muscovy etc. • Richard Hakluyt

... incense is burned; in'cense (n.), perfume given off by fire; incense' (v.), to inflame with anger; incen'diary (Lat. n. incen'dium, a fire); can'dle (Lat. cande'la, a white light made of wax); chand'ler (literally a maker or ...

— New Word-Analysis - Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words • William Swinton