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scent

  [sent]
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–noun
1. a distinctive odor, esp. when agreeable: the scent of roses.
2. an odor left in passing, by means of which an animal or person may be traced.
3. a track or trail as or as if indicated by such an odor: The dogs lost the scent and the prisoner escaped.
4. perfume.
5. the sense of smell: a remarkably keen scent.
6. small pieces of paper dropped by the hares in the game of hare and hounds.
–verb (used with object)
7. to perceive or recognize by or as if by the sense of smell: to scent trouble.
8. to fill with an odor; perfume.
–verb (used without object)
9. to hunt by the sense of smell, as a hound.
Origin:
1325–75; (v.) earlier sent, ME senten < MF sentir to smell < L sentīre to feel; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v. Cf. sense

Related forms:
scentless, adjective
scent⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. See odor. 7. smell, sniff.
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Word Origin & History

scent  (v.)
c.1400, from O.Fr. sentir "to feel, perceive, smell," from L. sentire " to feel, perceive, sense" (see sense). Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. The noun is first recorded 1375. Almost always applied to agreeable odors.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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