Definition for SCENT

SCENT, v.t.

  1. To smell; to perceive by the olfactory organs; as, to scent game, as a hound.
  2. To perfume; to imbue or fill with odor, good or bad. Aromatic plants scent the room. Some persons scent garments with musk; others scent their snuff.

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