perfume
/ˈpɝfjuːm/ verb C2- To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
He/she/it perfumes · Past perfumed · Past participle perfumed · -ing form perfuming
Verb forms
- Base form
- perfume
- He/she/it
- perfumes
- Past
- perfumed
- Past participle
- perfumed
- -ing form
- perfuming
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There was a tiny fountain in the middle of the room, that shot a spray of green perfume into the air, to fall back into a beautifully carved green marble basin.
I envy you your beauty and your perfume.” The Rose replied, “I indeed, dear Amaranth, flourish but for a brief season!
A little gypsy wind came down it to meet them, laden with the spicy perfume of young dew-wet ferns.
Birds sang around Green Gables; the Madonna lilies in the garden sent out whiffs of perfume that entered in on viewless winds at every door and window, and wandered through halls and rooms like spirits of benediction.
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