Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scent \Scent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Scenting}.] [Originally sent, fr. F. sentir to feel, to
   smell. See {Sense}.]
   1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to
      scent game, as a hound does.

            Methinks I scent the morning air.     --Shak.

   2. 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.
                                                  --Dryden.