Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Incensing.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See
Incense, n.]
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1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. "Incensed with
wanton sweets." --Marston.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Incensing.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref.
in- in + root of candere to glow. See Candle.]
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1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.]
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Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to
incense
Thy glorious heap of funeral. --Chapman.
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2. To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire;
to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
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The people are incensed him. --Shak.
Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat;
fire; instigate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Incensed \In*censed"\, a.
1. Angered; enraged.
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2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature
depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incensed
adj : angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial";
"incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of
outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their
territory" [syn: indignant, outraged, umbrageous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "incensed":
angered, angry, browned-off, cross, indignant, irate, ireful,
livid, mad, pissed, pissed-off, riled up, sore, ticked off,
worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought-up
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
indignant, outraged, umbrageous
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