encenser

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin incēnsāre. By surface analysis, encens +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɑ̃.se/ === Verb === encenser (transitive) to cense, to incense (transitive, figuratively) to acclaim, to sing the praises of Synonym: porter aux nues un écrivain encensé par la critique ― a writer acclaimed by critics ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “encenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012