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insense (v.)
"cause (someone) to understand," c. 1400,
ensense
, from Old French
ensenser
"to enlighten, to bring to sense," from
en-
"in" (see
in-
(2)) +
sens
(see
sense
(n.)). Restricted to Northern English dialect from 17c.