incense

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English encens, 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. Doublet of incienso. === Pronunciation === Noun: enPR: ĭn'sĕns, IPA(key): /ˈɪnsɛns/ Verb: enPR: ĭnsĕns', IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛns/ Rhymes: (verb) -ɛns === Noun === incense (countable and uncountable, plural incenses) Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons. Hyponyms: joss stick, incense stick The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1). (figurative) Homage; adulation. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== frankincense ==== Translations ==== === Verb === incense (third-person singular simple present incenses, present participle incensing, simple past and past participle incensed) (obsolete, transitive) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. Synonyms: inflame; see also Thesaurus:kindle (transitive) To anger or infuriate. Synonyms: inflame; see also Thesaurus:enrage (archaic, transitive) To incite, stimulate. Synonyms: provoke; see also Thesaurus:incite (transitive) To offer incense to. Synonym: fume late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Second Nun's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 410-413: (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense. Synonyms: fume, musk; see also Thesaurus:odorize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Nicenes == Galician == === Verb === incense inflection of incensar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Latin == === Participle === incēnse vocative masculine singular of incēnsus === References === “incense”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "incense", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “incense”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “incense”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “incense”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers == Portuguese == === Verb === incense inflection of incensar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative