incense
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incense1 /ˈɪnsɛns/
▶noun a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. ▶verb perfume with incense or a similar fragrance.
– derivatives
incensation noun.
incensation noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. encens (n.), encenser (v.), from eccles. L. incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neut. past part. of incendere ‘set fire to’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
incense2 /ɪnˈsɛns/
▶verb make very angry.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘inflame or excite with a strong feeling’): from OFr. incenser, from L. incendere ‘set fire to’.
'incense' also found in these Oxford entries:
aloe
- benzoin
- cense
- censer
- copal
- frankincense
- gum arabic
- High Mass
- joss stick
- myrrh
- sandalwood
- storax
- thurifer
