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   In·cense

   noun

   • 1. a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces: "the sharp lingering sweetness of incense"
   • ▪ the smoke or perfume of incense: "the swirls of incense in the air"

   verb

   • 1. perfume with incense or a similar fragrance: "the aroma of cannabis incensed the air"

   Word Origin Middle English (originally as encense): from Old French encens (noun), encenser (verb), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burnt, incense’, neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to’, from in- ‘in’ + the base of candere ‘to glow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. incensation noun

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