SCENT

scent. Scent, n. smell, a chase by smell; v.i. to perfume

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Scent (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scented; p. pr. & vb. n. Scenting.] [[Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense.]] 1. 1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.
Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak. 2. 2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.
Balm from a silver box distilled around, Shall all bedew the roots, and scent the sacred ground. Dryden.