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v. t. [imp. & p. p. SCENTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SCENTING.] [O. Eng. also sent, from Fr. sentir, to feel, to smell, Pr., Sp., & Pg. sentir, It. & Lat. sentire.] 1. To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound. Methinks I scent the morning air. Shak. 2. To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume; as, to scent snuff.
v. i. 1. To have a smell. [Obs.] Thunderbolts . . . do scent strongly of brimstone. Holland. 2. To hunt or track animals by means of the sense of smell.
n. [From the verb.] 1. That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange; the scent of musk. “With lavish hand diffuses scents ambrosial.” Prior.
He traveled upon the same scent into Ethiopia. Sir W. Temple.