olfare Save DMLBS olfare [cf. olfacere] 1 to perceive by smelling, to smell. smellyn ‥ ~o, -as PP. 2 to give off an odour. ~at, odorat Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 403. 3 (p. ppl. as adj.) full of odour. ~atus [v. l. olfactus], odore plenus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 404.