Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Imbued or permeated with perfume or fragrance; perfumed: as, Scented soap.

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  • adjective Having a pleasant aroma.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of scent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective (used in combination) having the odor of
  • adjective having the sense of smell
  • adjective filled or impregnated with perfume
  • adjective having a natural fragrance

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Examples

  • At the sound he snorted with a sudden start that jerked him through the air from water to meadow, and his feet sank into the young velvet, while he pricked his ears and again scented the air.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • At the sound he snorted with a sudden start that jerked him through the air from water to meadow, and his feet sank into the young velvet, while he pricked his ears and again scented the air.

    All Gold Canon 2010

  • Better to be rubbed down in scented butter than to eat it.

    Horoscope for the week of July 7, 2008 2008

  • Also, I have a plug in scented oil right by the front door.

    Home Scents 2006

  • Calling it 'rotten-cabbage-scented' is a little more accurate, but suggests that the scent was added after the fact, while in actuality, stench is a property of the mercaptan itself.

    Boing Boing: December 25, 2005 - December 31, 2005 Archives 2005

  • "Ask him his name, please," she commands me, in French-scented English.

    The mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • "Ask him his name, please," she commands me, in French-scented English.

    the mission song Le Carre, John, 1931- 2006

  • At the sound he snorted with a sudden start that jerked him through the air from water to meadow, and his feet sank into the young velvet, while he pricked his ears and again scented the air.

    All Gold Canyon 1906

  • The gloss pots are described as "scented with the taste of timeless cocktails" but do not contain alcohol.

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  • a sensation of being smothered in scented swansdown.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

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