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Censed vs Lensed - What's the difference?

censed | lensed |

As a verb censed

is past tense of cense.

As an adjective lensed is

having a (specified form of) lens.

censed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cense)

    • cense

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To perfume with incense.
  • * Dryden
    • The Salii sing and cense his altars round.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) cense, (etyl) cens, (etyl) (lena) census.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A census.
  • (obsolete) A public rate or tax.
    • (Howell)
    (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) condition; rank
    • (Ben Jonson)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    lensed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chiefly, in combination) Having a (specified form of) lens

    • Anagrams

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