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scents
scentsodors, perfumes
Not to be confused with:cents – pennies, bronze coinssense – perceive, grasp, comprehendsince – from then until now; between then and now; before nowscent C0196300 (sĕnt)n.1. A distinctive, often agreeable odor. See Synonyms at fragrance, smell.2. A perfume: an expensive French scent.3. An odor left by the passing of an animal.4. The trail of a hunted animal or fugitive: The hounds are on the scent.5. The sense of smell: a bear's keen scent.6. A hint of something imminent; a suggestion: caught the scent of a reconciliation.v. scent·ed, scent·ing, scents v.tr.1. To perceive or identify by the sense of smell: dogs scenting their prey.2. To suspect or detect: scented danger.3. To fill with a pleasant odor; perfume: when blossoms scent the air.v.intr. To hunt prey by means of the sense of smell. Used of hounds.
[Middle English sent, from senten, to scent, from Old French sentir, from Latin sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]
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