Cense vs Mense - What's the difference?
cense | mense |
(obsolete) To perfume with incense.
* Dryden
(obsolete) A census.
(obsolete) A public rate or tax.
(obsolete) condition; rank
As verbs the difference between cense and mense
is that cense is to perfume with incense while mense is to adorn, bring honour to; grace.As nouns the difference between cense and mense
is that cense is a census while mense is property, owndom; possessions.cense
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- The Salii sing and cense his altars round.
Etymology 2
(etyl) cense, (etyl) cens, (etyl) (lena) census.Noun
(en noun)- (Howell)
- (Francis Bacon)
- (Ben Jonson)