Olfact

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To smell. rare, transitive

    "There is a Machiavelian plot, (Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)"

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besmellresentscentsmellsnift

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"There is a Machiavelian plot, (Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)"

Etymology

From Latin olfactus, past participle of olfaciō (“smell”).

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