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verb

Scent v. t. (past & past part. scented; pres. part. scenting)

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does. "Methinks I scent the morning air."

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."

Scent v. i.

To have a smell. (Obs.) "Thunderbolts... do scent strongly of brimstone."

To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

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Etymology of 'Scented'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... old lady had had severe illnesses of late, when the good parson sat by her bedside, and read to her of the coming of the Bridegroom, and of that "fine linen clean and white," which is "the righteousness of the saints." It was of that drawer, with its lavender and potpourri bags, that the scented smoke ...

— The Brownies and Other Tales • Juliana Horatia Ewing

... leaned over the rail. A sweet breeze blew in from the island, a scented breeze, laden with the heavy scents of the Tropics. For three years, he said, they would labour at the futile roads, the roads that led nowhere. Really, commented the third passenger, it was impossible to understand the Oriental mind. They ...

— Civilization - Tales of the Orient • Ellen Newbold La Motte

... honeysuckle and luxuriant passion-flower, which gave the house the appearance of a closely wreathed arbor. Within the piazza was filled with rare tropical plants. The beautiful oleander, magnificent rose and sweet-scented geranium, here united their fragrance, while the scarlet verbenum and brilliant heliotrope added beauty to ...

— Tempest and Sunshine • Mary J. Holmes

... pensive tread Through the frore woods, and from its frost-bound bed Woke the arbutus with her silver horn; And now May, too, is fled, The flower-crowned month, the merry laughing May, With rosy feet and fingers dewy wet, Leaving the woods and all cool gardens gay With tulips and the scented violet. ...

— Lyrics of Earth • Archibald Lampman

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— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

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