insense

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verb

To make to understand; to instruct.

OriginOld French ensenser →
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Meanings

verbinsense (third-person singular simple present insenses, present participle insensing, simple past and past participle insensed)

present singular third person insenses · participle present insensing · participle past insensed · past insensed

  1. UKdialectalTo make to understand; to instruct.

    eagle eyes upon the insensed yet fearful monarch

    1825, Elijah Fenton, Mariamne

Origin

  1. Old Frenchensenser“to enlighten, to bring to sense”
  2. Englishinsense

From Old French ensenser (“to enlighten, to bring to sense”), from en- + sens (“sense”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insense,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insense.

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