[cense] vt censed ; cens.ing [ME, prob. short for encensen to incense, fr. MF encenser, fr. LL incensare, fr. incensum incense] (14c): to perfume esp. with a censer
CENSE
Meaning of CENSE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012