English-Thai Dictionary

incense

N กำยาน  เครื่อง หอม  ธูป  scent fuel joss stick kam-yan

 

incense

VI จุด ธูป บูชา  เผา เครื่อง หอม เพื่อ บูชา  jud-tub-bu-cha

 

incense

VT จุด ธูป บูชา  เผา เครื่อง หอม เพื่อ บูชา  jud-tub-bu-cha

 

incense

VT ทำให้ โกรธจัด  ทำให้ โม โหมาก  anger enrage infuriate mollify pacify tam-hai-koed-jad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCENSE

n.in'cens. [L. incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn. ] 1. Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity.
A thick cloud of incense went up. Ezekiel 8:11.
2. The materials burnt for making perfumes. The incense used in the Jewish offerings was a mixture of sweet spices, stacte, onycha, galbanum, and the gum of the frankincense tree.
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein and put incense thereon. Leviticus 1 :1.
3. Acceptable prayers and praises. Malachi 1:11.
4. In the Materia Medica, a dry resinous substance known by the name of thus and olibanum.

 

INCENSE

v.t.in'cens. To perfume with incense. In the Romish church, it is the deacon's office to incense the officiating priest or prelate, and the choir.

 

INCENSE

v.t.incens.' To enkindle or inflame to violent anger; to excite angry passions; to provoke; to irritate; to exasperate; to heat; to fire. It expresses less than enrage. How could my pious son thy power incense?

 

INCENSED

pp. Inflamed to violent anger; exasperated.

 

INCENSEMENT

n.incens'ment. Violent irritation of the passions; heat; exasperation. It expresses less than rage and fury.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INCENSE

In *cense ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing. ]Etym: [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See Candle. ]

 

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs. ] Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman.

 

2. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. The people are incensed him. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate.

 

INCENSE

In "cense, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing. ]Etym: [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See Incense, n.]

 

1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. "Incensed with wanton sweets. " Marston.

 

INCENSE

In "cense, n. Etym: [OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus,p. p. of incendere to burn. See Incense to inflame. ]

 

1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. A thick of incense went up. Ezek. viii. 11.

 

2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. Lev. x. 1.

 

3. Also used figuratively. Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride, With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Gray. Incense tree, the name of several balsamic trees of the genus Bursera (or Icica ) mostly tropical American. The gum resin is used for incense. In Jamaica the Chrysobalanus Icaco, a tree related to the plums, is called incense tree. -- Incense wood, the fragrant wood of the tropical American tree Bursera heptaphylla.

 

INCENSEBREATHING; INCENSE-BREATHING

INCENSEBREATHING; INCENSE-BREATHING In "cense *breath `ing, a.

 

Defn: Breathing or exhaling incense. "Incense-breathing morn. " Gray.

 

INCENSED

INCENSED In *censed ", a.

 

1. Angered; enraged.

 

2. (Her. )

 

Defn: Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.

 

INCENSEMENT

INCENSEMENT In *cense "ment, n.

 

Defn: Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. Shak.

 

INCENSER

INCENSER In *cen "ser, n.

 

Defn: One who instigates or incites.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

incense

in cense 1 ▶noun |ˈinˌsens ˈɪnˌsɛns |a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. • the smoke or perfume of such a substance. ▶verb |inˈsens ɪnˈsɛns | [ with obj. ] perfume with incense or a similar fragrance: the aroma of cannabis incensed the air. DERIVATIVES in cen sa tion |ˌinsenˈsāSHən |noun ORIGIN Middle English (originally as encense ): from Old French encens (noun ), encenser (verb ), from ecclesiastical Latin incensum ‘something burned, incense, ’ neuter past participle of incendere ‘set fire to, ’ from in- ‘in ’ + the base of candere ‘to glow. ’

 

incense

in cense 2 |inˈsens ɪnˈsɛns | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) very angry: she was incensed by the accusations. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘inflame or excite someone with a strong feeling ’): from Old French incenser, from Latin incendere ‘set fire to. ’

 

incense cedar

in cense ce dar ▶noun a columnar cedar with scalelike leaves that smell of turpentine when crushed, found chiefly in mountainous areas of California and Oregon and grown as an ornamental in Europe. [Calocedrus decurrens, family Cupressaceae. ]

 

incensed

in censed |inˈsenst ɪnˈsenst | ▶adjective very angry; enraged: I was absolutely incensed.

 

Oxford Dictionary

incense

incense 1 |ˈɪnsɛns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces. • the smoke or perfume of incense. ▶verb [ with obj. ] perfume with incense or a similar fragrance: the aroma of cannabis incensed the air. DERIVATIVES incensation |-ˈseɪʃ (ə )n |noun 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 ’.

 

incense

incense 2 |ɪnˈsɛns | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make very angry: locals are incensed at the suggestion. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘inflame or excite someone with a strong feeling ’): from Old French incenser, from Latin incendere ‘set fire to ’.

 

incense cedar

in |cense cedar ▶noun a columnar North American cedar with scale-like leaves that smell of turpentine when crushed, grown as an ornamental in Europe. ●Calocedrus decurrens, family Cupressaceae.

 

incensed

incensed |ɪnˈsɛnst | ▶adjective very angry; enraged: Leonora glared back at him, incensed.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

incense

incense verb See enrage.

 

incensed

incensed adjective See enraged.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

incense

incense 1 verb |(stress on the second syllable ) |the glint of amusement in his eyes incensed her: enrage, infuriate, anger, madden, send into a rage, outrage, inflame, exasperate, antagonize, provoke, irritate greatly, rile, gall; informal make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, make someone's hackles rise, get someone's back up, hack off, drive mad /crazy, drive up the wall, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get up someone's nose, rattle someone's cage; Brit. informal wind up, get on someone's wick, nark; N. Amer. informal burn up, tick off, gravel; vulgar slang piss off; Brit. vulgar slang get on someone's tits; rare empurple. ANTONYMS placate; please.

 

incense

incense 2 noun |(stress on the first syllable ) |Corbett caught a whiff of incense: perfume, fragrance, scent; aroma, bouquet, redolence, balm.

 

incensed

incensed adjective Leonora glared back at him, incensed: enraged, very angry, irate, furious, infuriated, angered, in a temper, raging, incandescent, fuming, seething, beside oneself, outraged, in high dudgeon; informal mad, hopping mad, wild, livid, as cross as two sticks, boiling, apoplectic, aerated, hot under the collar, on the warpath, up in arms, with all guns blazing, foaming at the mouth, steamed up, in a lather, in a paddy, in a filthy temper, fit to be tied; Brit. informal shirty, stroppy; N. Amer. informal sore, bent out of shape, soreheaded, ticked off; Austral. /NZ informal ropeable, snaky, crook; W. Indian informal vex; Brit. informal, dated in a bate, waxy; vulgar slang pissed off; N. Amer. vulgar slang pissed; literary wrathful, ireful, wroth. ANTONYMS calm.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

incense

in cense 1 /ɪ́nsens /名詞 U 1 香 （こう ）, 香料 ; 香の香り, 香煙 .2 芳香 .3 賛美, おべっか .動詞 他動詞 (儀式などで )…に香をたきこめる .

 

incense

in cense 2 /ɪnséns /動詞 他動詞 〈人 〉を激怒させる, 憤激させる ; 〖be ～d 〗 «…に » 激怒する «at , by , with » ▸ He was strongly incensed at the affront against him .彼はその侮辱に憤激した .