1. substance burned for its smell: a substance, usually fragrant gum or wood, that gives off a pleasant smell when burned
2. smoke from incense: the smoke or fragrant smell produced when incense is burned
3. fragrance: a pleasant smell
4. praise: praise or adulation
verb (past and past participlein·censed, present participlein·cens·ing, 3rd person present singularin·cens·es)
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb burn incense to god: to honor a god by burning incense
2. transitive verb perfume something with incense: to perfume something by burning incense
[13th century Via French encens< ecclesiastical Latin incensum, form of incensus, past participle of Latin incendere "set fire to" < base of candere "to glow"]
