incend

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/ɪnˈsɛnd/

verb

To inflame; to excite.

OriginLatin incendere →
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Meanings

verbincend (third-person singular simple present incends, present participle incending, simple past and past participle incended)

present singular third person incends · participle present incending · participle past incended · past incended

  1. obsoleteTo inflame; to excite.

    a line incends his lustfull blood

    1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinincendere
  2. Englishincend

From Latin incendere, incensum (“to kindle, burn”). See incense (“to inflame”).

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Chicago

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