incension

English

Etymology

From Latin incensio. See incense (“to inflame”).

Noun

incension (countable and uncountable, plural incensions)

1. (obsolete) The act of heating or burning
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 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

• “incension”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.