English

Verb

cense ‎(third-person singular simple present censes, present participle censing, simple past and past participle censed)

1. (obsolete) To perfume with incense.
   • Dryden

     The Salii sing and cense his altars round.

Translations

Etymology 2

Old French cense, French cens, Latin census.

Noun

cense ‎(plural censes)

1. (obsolete) A census.
2. (obsolete) A public rate or tax.

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3. (obsolete) condition; rank

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Anagrams

• scene

Latin

Verb

cēnsē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cēnseō

Spanish

Verb

cense

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of censar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censar.