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incensive en · ADJ

Etymology

From incense + -ive.

Meanings

  1. Tending to excite, provoke or stir up emotions; inflammatory.
    • To be extremely hated and inhumanly persecuted , without any fault committed or just occasion offered, is greatly incensive of human passion a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
    • incensive aspects of the soul

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