SCENT, n. L. sentio, to perceive.
1. Odor smell that substance which issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals as the scent of an orange or an apple the scent of musk. The word is applicable to any odor, agreeable or offensive.
2. The power of smelling the smell as a house of nice scent.
3. chase followed by the scent course of pursuit track.
He travelled upon the same scent into Ethiopia.
SCENT,
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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