incense¹ /inˈsens/

1. Material burned or volatilized to give fragrant fumes, esp in religious rites, usu a mixture of resins and gums, etc (eg olibanum, benzoin, styrax, cascarilla bark)
2. The fumes so obtained
3. Any pleasant smell
4. Homage, adulation (figurative)

1. To perfume or fumigate with incense
2. To offer incense to

incensāˈtion noun

inˈcenser or inˈcensor (or /-sensˈ/) noun

1. A burner or offerer of incense
2. A flatterer

inˈcensory (or /-sensˈ/) noun

A censer or thurible

inˈcense-boat noun

A boat-shaped vessel for feeding a censer with incense

inˈcense-breathing adjective (Gray)

Exhaling fragrance

inˈcense-burner noun

A stationary vessel for burning incense

incense² /in-sensˈ/

1. To inflame with anger, to enrage
2. To incite, urge
3. To kindle (obsolete)

incenseˈment noun

incenˈsor noun (obsolete)

An instigator or inciter

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