incend

English

Etymology

From Latin incendere, incensum (“to kindle, burn”). See incense (“to inflame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛnd/

Verb

incend (third-person singular simple present incends, present participle incending, simple past and past participle incended)

1. (obsolete) To inflame; to excite.
   • 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:

     a line incends his lustfull blood

References

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