outscent

verb

outscent

verb

Etymology From out- + scent.

1

To exceed in odour; to be more odorous than.

  • 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.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

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