v. t. [ L. incendere, incensum, to kindle, burn. See Incense to inflame. ] To inflame; to excite. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Incendiary. ] The act or practice of maliciously setting fires; arson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incendiaries [ L. incendiarius: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Any person who maliciously sets fire to a building or other valuable or other valuable property. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who excites or inflames factions, and promotes quarrels or sedition; an agitator; an exciter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Several cities . . . drove them out as incendiaries. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incendiarius, fr. incendium a fire, conflagration: cf. F. incendiaire. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to incendiarism, or the malicious burning of valuable property; as, incendiary material; as incendiary crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to excite or inflame factions, sedition, or quarrel; inflammatory; seditious. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incendiary device, a device designed to set a structure on fire; a firebomb. --
Incendiary shell, a bombshell. See Carcass, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incendiosus burning, hot. ] Promoting faction or contention; seditious; inflammatory. [ Obs. ] Bacon. -- In*cen"di*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ See Incense to anger. ] (Her.) A modern term applied to animals (as a boar) when borne as raging, or with furious aspect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) The offering of incense. [ R. ] Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense
Thy glorious heap of funeral. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The people are incensed him. Shak.

Syn. -- To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incensed p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing. ] [ LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See Incense, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. “Incensed with wanton sweets.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. encens, F. encens, L. incensum, fr. incensus, p. p. of incendere to burn. See Incense to inflame. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thick cloud of incense went up. Ezek. viii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon. Lev. x. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride,
With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]