"insense" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: insenses [present, singular, third-person], insensing [participle, present], insensed [participle, past], insensed [past]
Etymology: From Old French ensenser (“to enlighten, to bring to sense”), from en-+sens (“sense”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|ensenser||to enlighten, to bring to sense}} Old French ensenser (“to enlighten, to bring to sense”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} insense (third-person singular simple present insenses, present participle insensing, simple past and past participle insensed)
  1. (UK, dialect) To make to understand; to instruct. Tags: UK, dialectal

Inflected forms

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