Incense Definition

ĭn-sĕns
incensed, incenses, incensing
verb
incensed, incenses, incensing
To burn incense.
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To make fragrant with or as with incense; perfume.
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To make very angry; fill with wrath; enrage.
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To burn or offer incense to.
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To anger or infuriate.

I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
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noun
incenses
Any of various substances, as gums or resins, producing a pleasant odor when burned: used in some religious ceremonies.
Webster's New World
The smoke or fragrance from such a substance.
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Any pleasant odor.
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Pleasing attention, praise, or admiration.
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Origin of Incense

  • Middle English encensen from Old French incenser from Late Latin incēnsāre to sacrifice, burn from Latin incēnsus past participle of incendere to set on fire kand- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incendō (“I set on fire”). Compare incendiary.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English encens from Old French from Latin incēnsum from neuter past participle of incendere to set on fire kand- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Incense Sentence Examples

  • The commonest incense in ancient India was probably frankincense.

  • They continued, and Deidre's attention went to a small shop behind the tents, from which incense drifted.

  • They probably carried the incense in the sacred bag so frequently seen in their hands and in those also of the common priests.

  • The censer used was a hemispherical cup or bowl of bronze, supported by a long handle, fashioned at one end like an open hand, in which the bowl was, as it were, held, while the other end within which the pastils of incense were kept was shaped into the hawk's head crowned with a disk, as the symbol of Re.'

  • Despite her fury and fear, she found his presence oddly calming, like sitting in a spa surrounded by incense with her feet in a salt bath.

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