Sekirov Dictionary

incense

/ˈɪnsɛn(t)s/

verb 5
noun 3
forms 4

verb5

•
To anger; to infuriate.
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
•
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
- To haue her bound, incensed with wanton sweetes, / Her vaines fild hie with heating delicates, / […] / O Ithaca can chastest Penelope hold out. — 1603
To offer incense to.
(no longer used) To incite; to stimulate.
•
(no longer used) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
- Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral. — 1611

noun3

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.
The fragrant smoke released by burning incense.
(figurative) Homage; adulation.

forms

incensed · incenst · incensing · incenses

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