ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ED1.] Perfumed with ‘essences,’ scented.
1675. Wycherley, Country Wife, Epil. You essenced boys, both old and young, Who would be thought so eager, brisk, and strong.
1698. Vanbrugh, Æsop, V. i. An essenc’d Peruke, and a sweet handkerchief.
1823. Praed, Poems, Troubadour. There were brooks of essenced waters.
