Outscent

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To exceed in odour; to be more odorous than. transitive

    "This he did to qualify the infamy of Garnet's death , and that the perfume of this new title might outscent the stench of his treason."

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"This he did to qualify the infamy of Garnet's death , and that the perfume of this new title might outscent the stench of his treason."

Etymology

From out- + scent.

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