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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

olfact en · VERB

Etymology

From Latin olfactus, past participle of olfaciō (“smell”).

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To smell.
    • There is a Machiavelian plot, (Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not) 1663–1678, Samuel Butler, Hudibras

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
olfacting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
olfacted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
olfacted Tense=Past lexicographic
olfacts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Hypernyms

perceive

Hyponyms

outsmell

Relateds

nose · have smell

Synonyms

resent · snift · smell · besmell · scent · olfact