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To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

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  1. v. t. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
  2. v. t. To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.
  3. n. To offer incense to. See Incense.
  4. n. To perfume with, or as with, incense.
  5. n. The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.
  6. n. The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.
  7. n. Also used figuratively.
  8. n. a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
  9. n. the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned
  10. v. perfume especially with a censer
  11. v. make furious