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cense

 (sĕns)
tr.v. censed, cens·ing, cens·es
1. To perfume with incense.
2. To burn incense to.

[Middle English censen, short for encensen, from encens, incense; see incense2.]
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cense

(sɛns)
vb
(Ecclesiastical Terms) (tr) to burn incense near or before (an altar, shrine, etc)
[C14: from Old French encenser; see incense1]
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cense

(sɛns)

v.t. censed, cens•ing.
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
[1300–50; Middle English, aph. variant of incense1]
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cense


Past participle: censed
Gerund: censing

Imperative
cense
cense
Present
I cense
you cense
he/she/it censes
we cense
you cense
they cense
Preterite
I censed
you censed
he/she/it censed
we censed
you censed
they censed
Present Continuous
I am censing
you are censing
he/she/it is censing
we are censing
you are censing
they are censing
Present Perfect
I have censed
you have censed
he/she/it has censed
we have censed
you have censed
they have censed
Past Continuous
I was censing
you were censing
he/she/it was censing
we were censing
you were censing
they were censing
Past Perfect
I had censed
you had censed
he/she/it had censed
we had censed
you had censed
they had censed
Future
I will cense
you will cense
he/she/it will cense
we will cense
you will cense
they will cense
Future Perfect
I will have censed
you will have censed
he/she/it will have censed
we will have censed
you will have censed
they will have censed
Future Continuous
I will be censing
you will be censing
he/she/it will be censing
we will be censing
you will be censing
they will be censing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been censing
you have been censing
he/she/it has been censing
we have been censing
you have been censing
they have been censing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been censing
you will have been censing
he/she/it will have been censing
we will have been censing
you will have been censing
they will have been censing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been censing
you had been censing
he/she/it had been censing
we had been censing
you had been censing
they had been censing
Conditional
I would cense
you would cense
he/she/it would cense
we would cense
you would cense
they would cense
Past Conditional
I would have censed
you would have censed
he/she/it would have censed
we would have censed
you would have censed
they would have censed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.cense - perfume especially with a censer
odorize, odourise, scent - cause to smell or be smelly
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