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† inˈcensive, a. and n. Obs. rare.
Also 7 insensive.
[a. obs. F. incensif, -ive, ad. L. type *incensīv-us, f. incens-, ppl. stem of incendĕre: see incend and -ive.]
A. adj.
1. Of inflamed disposition, full of rage or wrath.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) I. 90/2 Unto Christian piety and Religion, he was most incensive, and in the East Churches exercised cruel persecution.
2. Tending to inflame or excite passion or angry feeling.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 1 Quarelling, and multiplying incensive terms. a1677Barrow Wks. (1686) III. x. 118 To be extremely hated, and inhumanely persecuted without any fault committed, or just occasion offered, is greatly incensive of humane passion.
B. n. = incentive n. 1
a1618Raleigh War D vj b, Hence we may observe, that the very propagation of our kind, hath with it a strong insensive even of those daily Wars, which afflict the earth. |