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Webster 1913 Edition
Cense
1.
A census; – also, a public rate or tax.
[Obs.]
Howell. Bacon.
2.
Condition; rank.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Cense
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Censed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Censing
.] [Abbrev. from
incense
.] To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
The Salii sing and
cense
his altars round. Dryden.
Cense
,Verb.
I.
To burn or scatter incense.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cense
CENSE
,Noun.
1.
A public rate or tax.2.
Condition; rank.CENSE
,Verb.
T.