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Definition of cense
censed
;censing
transitive verb
: to perfume especially with a censer censing the area around the altar
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Origin and Etymology of cense
Middle English, probably short for encensen to offer incense, from Anglo-French encenser, from Late Latin incensare, from incensum incense
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