cense

verb

ˈsen(t)s 

censed; censing

transitive verb

: to perfume especially with a censer

censing the area around the altar

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, probably short for encensen to offer incense, from Anglo-French encenser, from Late Latin incensare, from incensum incense

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cense

• dense
• fence
• hence
• lense
• mense
• sense
• tense
• thence
• whence
• antisense
• commonsense
• effulgence