- Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to smell. See Sense
- 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.
