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noun
1.
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
2.
the perfume or smoke arising from such a substance when burned.
3.
any pleasant perfume or fragrance.
4.
homage or adulation.
verb (used with object)
5.
to perfume with incense.
6.
to burn incense for.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
verb (used without object)
7.
to burn or offer incense.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Late Latin incēnsum, literally, something kindled, neuter of incēnsus (past participle of incendere to set on fire), equivalent to incend- (see incendiary) + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English ansens, ensenz < Old French < Late Latin as above
1250–1300; Middle English < Late Latin incēnsum, literally, something kindled, neuter of incēnsus (past participle of incendere to set on fire), equivalent to incend- (see incendiary) + -tus past participle suffix; replacing Middle English ansens, ensenz < Old French < Late Latin as above
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incense
"make angry," 1435, from M.Fr. incenser, from L. incensare, freq. of L. incendere "set on fire" (see incense (n.)). A figurative use of the word used literally in incense (n.).
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