olfact
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Etymology
Verb
olfact (third-person singular simple present olfacts, present participle olfacting, simple past and past participle olfacted)
- (transitive, rare) To smell.
- 1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:
- There is a Machiavelian plot,
(Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)
- There is a Machiavelian plot,
- 1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras:
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