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incension

incension noun: the act of heating or burning.

Noun

incension (countable and uncountable, plural incensions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of heating or burning
    • subtile or windy spirits are taken off by incension or evaporation1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Forms of incension

pluralincensions

Origin of incension

From Latin incensio. See incense (“to inflame”).

Questions about incension

What does incension mean?
Incension means the act of heating or burning.
What part of speech is incension?
Incension is a noun.
What is the plural of incension?
The plural of incension is incensions.

Words near incension in the dictionary

  1. incenser
  2. incensers
  3. incenses
  4. incensey
  5. incensing
  6. incension
  7. incensions
  8. incensive
  9. incensole
  10. incensor
  11. incensories

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