incension
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin incensio. See incense (“to inflame”).
Noun[edit]
incension (countable and uncountable, plural incensions)
- (obsolete) The act of heating or burning
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- subtile or windy spirits are taken off by incension or evaporation
References[edit]
- “incension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.