OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 7023

scent

/sɛnt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
oler
To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
The hounds scented the fox in the woods.
methinks I scent the morning air.
aromar • olorizar • perfumar
To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
Balm, from a Silver box distill’d around, / Shall all bedew the roots and scent the sacred ground;
Scent the air with burning sage before you begin your meditation.