Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-CENSE'
IN-CENSE', 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? Dryden.
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