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censed

censed is the simple past and past participle of cense.

Meaning of cense

Verb

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

  1. To perfume with incense.
    • The Salii sing and 'cense his altars round.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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What is censed the simple past and past participle of?
Censed is the simple past and past participle of cense.

Words near censed in the dictionary

  1. cenozones
  2. Cens
  3. censae
  4. censal
  5. cense
  6. censed
  7. censer
  8. censers
  9. censes
  10. censi
  11. censing

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