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incense verb1. Also (earlier) encense. ME.
[Old & mod. French encenser, from encens, or ecclesiastical Latin incensare, from incensum: see INCENSE noun.]
verb trans. Waft incense towards, esp. as part of religious ceremonial; burn incense to (a god etc.); cense. ME.
Toronto Life At the end of Mass Father Walsh incenses the casket.
verb intrans. Burn or offer incense. Long rare. LME.
verb trans. Suffuse with fragrance, scent. Formerly, drive out by diffusing fragrance. E16.
L. L. Noble Wild roses incensed the fresh air.
verb trans. Burn or offer as incense (lit. & fig.). E17.
verb trans. Offer homage or adulation to, flatter. Now rare or obsolete. M18.