Incense means both "to make angry" and a stick that burns slowly and emits a strong smell. If your new college roommate burns incense in your tiny dorm room, you might get incensed and storm out.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
Noun
the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned; "incense filled the room"
Noun
a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
Verb
make furious
Verb
perfume especially with a censer
v. t.
To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
v. t.
To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to
incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
n.
To offer incense to. See Incense.
n.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
n.
The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when
burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
n.
The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume
when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
n.
Also used figuratively.
Incense
Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral.2.
The people are incensed him.
Incense
Incense
A thick of incense went up.2.
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon.3.
Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride,With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Gray.Incense tree, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus --Bursera (orIcica ) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica theChrysobalanus Icaco , a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree.Incense wood, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree Bursera heptaphylla .To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
To offer incense to. See
Incense .The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
Usage Examples
We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going.
Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.
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Other Usage ExamplesI'm in awe of the universe, but I don't necessarily believe there's an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic.
When I'm off the road, my husband and I recharge our batteries. It's a day of deep rest and connection with the spiritual, and that can be anything - going for a walk in nature, being in silence, burning incense.
You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.
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