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to incense
01
to provoke extreme anger in a person
Transitive: to incense sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
incense
3rd person singular
incenses
Present participle
incensing
Past simple
incensed
Past participle
incensed
Examples
The decision to close down the community center without prior notice incensed the local residents.
02
to fill the air with the scent of a fragrant substance
Transitive: to incense a space
Examples
She incensed the room with lavender, creating a calming atmosphere.
Incense
01
a material that gives off a pleasant aroma when set on fire
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Examples
The temple was filled with the scent of incense.
1.1
the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
Lexical Tree
incensed
incense
cense
