Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of incensing, or the state of being incensed; especially, heat of passion; fiery anger.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Fury; rage; heat; exasperation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Fury; rage; heat; exasperation.

Etymologies

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incense +‎ -ment

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Examples

  • He is knight, dubbed with unhatched rapier and on carpet consideration; but he is a devil in private brawl: souls and bodies hath he divorced three; and his incensement at this moment is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death and sepulchre.

    Twelfth Night; or, What You Will 2004

  • He is knight dubbed with unhatched rapier, and on carpet consideration; but he is a devil in private brawl: souls and bodies hath he divorced three, and his incensement at this moment is so implacable that satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death and sepulchre.

    Act III. Scene IV. Twelfth-Night; or, What You Will 1914

  • Honing one of the world's most efficient manufacturing operations, Integration Presence in major economic regions, being tied up with most important strategic alliances between suppliers and academia and further majority investments in R&D are some of Xigmatek's aggressive incensement strategies.

    OCTools 2010

  • Honing one of the world's most efficient manufacturing operations, Integration Presence in major economic regions, being tied up with most important strategic alliances between suppliers and academia and further majority investments in R&D are some of Xigmateks aggressive incensement strategies.

    OCTools 2010

  • He is knight, dubbed with unhatched rapier and on carpet consideration; but he is a devil in private brawl: souls and bodies hath he divorced three; and his incensement at this moment is so implacable, that satisfaction can be none but by pangs of death and sepulchre.

    Twelfth Night; or What You Will 1601

  • Umm, isn't incensement just a posh word for 'fury' or 'rage'?

    World of SL 2009

  • Honing one of the world's most efficient manufacturing operations, Integration Presence in major economic regions, being tied up with most important strategic alliances between suppliers and academia and further majority investments in R&D are some of Xigmateks aggressive incensement strategies.

    OCTools 2009

  • "You have chosen the right option traffic injection provides you a huge incensement of you land traffic that will put on the best search rankings.

    World of SL 2009

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