Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cense \Cense\, n. [OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See {Census}.]
   1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] --Howell.
      Bacon.

   2. Condition; rank. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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.

Cense \Cense\, v. i.
   To burn or scatter incense.

Source : WordNet®

cense
     v : perfume especially with a censer [syn: {incense}, {thurify}]