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Webster 1913 Edition

(-lent)

Adj.

[L.

redolens

-entis

, p. pr. of

redolere

to emit a scent, diffuse an odor; pref.

red-

re-

, re- +

olere

to emit a smell. See

Diffusing odor or fragrance; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; – usually followed by of.

“Honey redolent of spring.”

Dryden.

–

Red′o-lent-ly

adv.

Gales . . .

redolent

of joy and youth.

Gray.

Adj.

[L. redolens, redoleo; red, re, and oleo, to smell.]

Having or diffusing a sweet scent.