Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CENSE
CENSE, n. [cens; L. census, a valuation, a registering, a tax; censeo, to enroll, to tax. Qu. Ch. קנם, to impose a fine.]
- A public rate or tax. – Bacon.
- Condition; rank. [Obs.] – B. Jonson.
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