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impel
English
Etymology
From Middle English impellen, borrowed from Latin impell?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?m?p?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
impel (third-person singular simple present impels, present participle impelling, simple past and past participle impelled)
- (transitive) To urge a person; to press on; to incite to action or motion via intrinsic motivation.
- Antonym: (to compel or drive extrinsically) propel
- (transitive) To drive forward; to propel an object, to provide an impetus for motion or action.
- Synonym: propel
Antonyms
- expel
Related terms
- impellent
- impeller
- impetus
- impulse
Translations
References
- impel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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incense
English
Etymology
From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incend? (“I set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Cognate with Spanish encender and incienso.
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- enPR: ?n's?ns, IPA(key): /??ns?ns/
- Verb:
- enPR: ?ns?ns', IPA(key): /?n?s?ns/
Noun
incense (countable and uncountable, plural incenses)
- A perfume used in the rites of various religions.
- (figuratively) Homage; adulation.
Hyponyms
- joss stick, incense stick
Derived terms
- incense boat
- incense cedar
Related terms
- frankincense
Translations
Verb
incense (third-person singular simple present incenses, present participle incensing, simple past and past participle incensed)
- (transitive) To anger or infuriate.
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
- (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
- (transitive) To offer incense to.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
- Incensed with wanton sweetes.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed, — foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
- (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
Translations
Anagrams
- Nicenes
Latin
Participle
inc?nse
- vocative masculine singular of inc?nsus
References
- incense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incense in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- incense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- incense in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- incense in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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