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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Incensing}.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See
     {Incense}, n.]
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     1. To offer incense to. See {Incense}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. "Incensed with
        wanton sweets." --Marston.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incensed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Incensing}.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref.
     in- in + root of candere to glow. See {Candle}.]
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     1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.]
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              Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to
              incense
              Thy glorious heap of funeral.         --Chapman.
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     2. To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire;
        to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
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              The people are incensed him.          --Shak.
  
     Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat;
          fire; instigate.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incensed \In*censed"\, a.
     1. Angered; enraged.
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     2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature
        depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incensed
       adj : angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial";
             "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of
             outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their
             territory" [syn: {indignant}, {outraged}, {umbrageous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "incensed":
     angered, angry, browned-off, cross, indignant, irate, ireful,
     livid, mad, pissed, pissed-off, riled up, sore, ticked off,
     worked up, wrathful, wrathy, wroth, wrought-up
  
  

















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