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incense1 n 1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) any of various aromatic substances burnt for their fragrant odour, esp in religious ceremonies 2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) the odour or smoke so produced 3. any pleasant fragrant odour; aroma 4. Rare homage or adulation vb 1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to burn incense in honour of (a deity) 2. (tr) to perfume or fumigate with incense [from Old French encens, from Church Latin incensum, from Latin incendere to kindle] incensation n incense2 vb
(tr) to enrage greatly [from Latin incensus set on fire, from incendere to kindle] incensement n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
incense1 noun perfume, scent, fragrance, bouquet, aroma, balm, redolence an atmospheric place, pungent with incense incense2 verb anger, infuriate, enrage, excite, provoke, irritate, gall, madden, inflame, exasperate, rile (informal), raise the hackles of, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make your blood boil (informal), rub you up the wrong way, make your hackles rise, get your hackles up, make you see red (informal) This proposal will incense conservation campaigners. Translations incense1 [ˈɪnsens] A. N → incienso m B. CPD incense burner N → incensario m incense2 [ɪnˈsens] VT → indignar, encolerizar their behaviour so incensed him that → su comportamiento lo indignó hasta tal punto que ... incense [ˈɪnsɛns] n → encens m incense burner, incense stick [ɪnˈsɛns] vt (= anger) → mettre en colère to be incensed by sth → être révolté(e) par qch incense burner [ˈɪnsɛnsbɜːnər] n → encensoir m incense: incense bearer n → Weihrauchschwenker m → or -träger m incense burner n → Weihrauchschwenker m, → Räucherpfanne f incense1 incense2 incense [ɐn ˈɪnsɛns; ɐvb ɪnˈsɛns] 1. n → incenso 2. vt (anger) → fare infuriare incense [ɐn ˈɪnsɛns; ɐvb ɪnˈsɛns] 1. n → incenso 2. vt (anger) → fare infuriare n incense [ˈinsens] a substance which is burned especially in religious services, and which gives off a pleasant smell. wierook بَخور тамян kadidlo røgelse der Weihrauch λιβάνι incienso viiruk بخور؛ گزدود suitsuke encens קְטוֹרֶת सुगंध tamjan tömjén kemenyan, dupa reykelsi incenso 香 향, 향내 smilkalai vīraks kemenyan wierook røkelse kadzidło incenso tămâie ладан kadidlo kadilo tamjan rökelse เครื่องหอม; ธูป tütsü 香 ладан, фіміам لوبان یا اگربتی que hương 香 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Was it not Fate, that, on this July midnight- Was it not Fate, (whose name is also Sorrow,) That bade me pause before that garden-gate, To breathe the incense of those slumbering roses? The pilgrim woman was appeased and, being encouraged to talk, gave a long account of Father Amphilochus, who led so holy a life that his hands smelled of incense, and how on her last visit to Kiev some monks she knew let her have the keys of the catacombs, and how she, taking some dried bread with her, had spent two days in the catacombs with the saints. I did not make the acquaintance of Thackeray's books all at once, or even in rapid succession, and he at no time possessed the whole empire of my catholic, not to say, fickle, affections, during the years I was compassing a full knowledge and sense of his greatness, and burning incense at his shrine. |
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