- 1perfume something (with something) (literary) (especially of flowers) to make the air in a place smell pleasant synonym scent The garden was perfumed with the smell of roses. One bloom has the power to perfume a whole room.
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- 2perfume something (with something) to put perfume in or on something She perfumed her bath with fragrant oils.
perfume
verbNAmE//ˈpərfyum//, NAmE//pərˈfyum//
[often passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they perfume he / she / it perfumes
past simple perfumed
-ing form perfuming
adjective perfumed soapSee perfume in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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