Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cense \Cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Censed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Censing}.] [Abbrev. from incense.]
   To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.

         The Salii sing and cense his altars round. --Dryden.