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THURIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perfume especially with a censer

Synonyms:

cense; incense; thurify

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "thurify" is one way to...):

odorize; odourise; scent (cause to smell or be smelly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

thus (an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation)

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