incensive

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adjective

Tending to excite, provoke or stir up emotions; inflammatory.

“incensive aspects of the soul”

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Meanings

adjectiveincensive (comparative more incensive, superlative most incensive)

comparative more incensive · superlative most incensive

  1. Tending to excite, provoke or stir up emotions; inflammatory.

    incensive aspects of the soul

    1 more example

    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

Origin

From incense + -ive.

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Chicago

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