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olfacted

olfacted is the simple past and past participle of olfact.

Meaning of olfact

Verb

olfact (third-person singular simple present olfacts, present participle olfacting, simple past and past participle olfacted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To smell.
    • There is a Machiavelian plot,
      (Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras

Questions about olfacted

What is olfacted the simple past and past participle of?
Olfacted is the simple past and past participle of olfact.

Words near olfacted in the dictionary

  1. Oleśnica
  2. olf
  3. olfact
  4. olfactant
  5. olfactants
  6. olfacted
  7. olfactible
  8. olfactic
  9. olfactics
  10. olfacties
  11. olfacting

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