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† inˈcension Obs.
Also 4–5 insencyon.
[ad. L. incensiōn-em, n. of action from incendĕre to incend: cf. OF. incension (1488 in Godef.).]
1. Burning; setting on fire; conflagration.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 29 The iiij. ages of the world, from the plasmacion of Adam vn to the incension of the temple of the Iewes. 1626Bacon Sylva §23 Subtill or Windy Spirits are taken off by Incension or Euaporation. 1656Blount Glossogr., Incension,..a burning or inflaming.
2. Bodily heating or inflammation.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 17/2 The woundes of the belly are not so subiecte vnto inflammation or incensions. 1745Mortimer in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 477 Was it not for the Superabundance of aqueous Humours in Animals..fatal Incensions would frequently happen.
3. The inflaming or exciting of passion or ardent feeling; incensement.
1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. i. 2 Wars and blood-shed..hath followed partly by this incension. |