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censing

censing is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about censing

What is censing the present participle and gerund of?
Censing is the present participle and gerund of cense.

Words near censing in the dictionary

  1. censed
  2. censer
  3. censers
  4. censes
  5. censi
  6. censing
  7. censitary
  8. censive
  9. censives
  10. censor
  11. censor morum

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