To inflame: to burne: to set fire ona thing: to incense: to animate: to giue courage to: to make very angry: to vere: to mone: to chaufe: to inflame in loue: to make very desirous. Agros incendere. Vir. To spoile with fire. Inflammari nauem, incendíque iussit. Cic. Odores. Vir. To burne perfumes. Thura & odores incendere. Cic. Incendere aliquem, per translationem dictum. vt Incendere ira. Ter. To inflame with anger: to incense. Incendit eos qui audiunt. Cic. It inflameth, animateth, or giueth courage to them that heare it. Incendere & sedare, contraria. Cic. Amore incendi. Cic. To be inflamed in loue. Animum incendit amore. Vir. Animum dictis incendit. Virg. He inflameth or inconrageth him with wordes. Incendere bonorum animos. Cic. Clamore incendunt cælum. Vir. They shout and cry that al % ayre ringeth with it. Cupiditatem alicuius incendere. Ci. To make one very destrous. Incendere cupiditatem & arrogantiam alicuius. Cic. Incendit desyderio. Cic. To haue an exceeding great desire. Dolore acri incensa. Vir. Inflammari & incendi ad cupiditates facibus corporis. Cic. By the sparkes of the flesh to be inflamed and set on fire to sensual lusts. Furijs incensa. Vir. Vexed with furies. IncendÛtur omnes gloria ad studia. Ci. By praise men are in flamed to the studie of learning. Incendi ira. Plaut. To be woode angry: to be in a great chafe. Placatus & ira incensus, contraria. Cic. Querelis incendere aliquem. Vir. Incensus est studio vtriusque vestrum. Ci. He is greatly mooned with good affection toward you both. i Incensi studio quod ad agrum colēdum pert net. Ci. Hauing great delight in the studie of husbandrie. Incensi suspicione rem in medium vocare cœperunt. Cicero. Mooued much with suspition. Pudor incendit vires Vir. Incendere in se odia. Cic. To stirre vp hatred toward himselfe: to get the ill will of men toward himselfe. In aliquem incendi. Cic. To be stirred or incensed againste. Incensus. Particip. Set on fire: inflamed: moued greatly: hauing a great desire or courage. vt ad Rempublicam bene gerendã incensus imperator. Cic. Haning a great affection. Inimicitijs incensa contentio. Ci. Pectus incensum amore. Vir. Officio incensa voluntas. Cic.

I. Lit.: cupas taedā ac pice refertas incendunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 2: tus et odores, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, 77; cf. odores, id. Tusc. 3, 18, 43: lychnos, Verg. A. 1, 727: oppida sua omnia, vicos, reliqua privata aedificia incendunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 2: aedificia vicosque, id. ib. 6, 6, 1: tabularium, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74: Capitolium, Sall. C. 47, 2: naves omnes, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3: tamquam ipse suas incenderit aedes, Juv. 3, 222: classem inflammari incendique jussit, id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, 91: urbem, id. Cat. 3, 4, 10; cf. Liv. 9, 9, 6: quod primo incendendum Avaricum censuerat, Caes. B. G. 7, 3, 2: agros, Verg. G. 1, 84: vepres, id. ib. 1, 271: cum ipse circumsessus paene incenderere, wast consumed, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 33, 85.—Absol.: nec incendit nisi ignis, Quint. 6, 2, 28.—

B. Transf.

1. To light up with fire, to make a fire upon: aras votis, i. e. in pursuance of vows, Verg. A. 3, 279: altaria, id. ib. 8, 285.—

2. To heat, make hot: diem, Luc. 4, 68: igne et tenuibus lignis fornacem incendemus, will heat, warm, Col. 12, 19, 3.—

3. To make bright or shining, to brighten, illumine: ejusdem (solis) incensa radiis luna, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87; Ov. P. 2, 1, 41: maculosus et auro Squamam incendebat fulgor, Verg. A. 5, 88: vivis digitos incendere gemmis, to make brilliant, i. e. to adorn, Stat. S. 2, 1, 134.—

II. Trop.

A. To kindle, inflame, set on fire; to fire, rouse, incite, excite; to irritate, incense (esp. freq. in pass.): ut mihi non solum tu incendere judicem, sed ipse ardere videaris, Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 188: iidem hominem perustum etiamnum gloria volunt incendere, id. Fam. 13, 15, 2: me ita vel cepit vel incendit, ut cuperem, etc., id. ib. 5, 12, 1: aliquem morando, Sall. J. 25, 10: (aliquem) querelis, Verg. A. 4, 360: in minime gratum spectaculum animo incenduntur, Liv. 1, 25, 2: Tyndariden incendit amor, Val. Fl. 6, 207: plebem largiundo atque pollicitando, Sall. C. 38, 1: juventutem ad facinora, id. ib. 13, 4: bonorum animos, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1: animum cupidum inopiā, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 126: cupiditatem alicujus, Cic. Fam. 15, 21, 1: odia improborum in nos, id. Att. 9, 1, 3: tum pudor incendit vires et conscia virtus, inflames, Verg. A. 5, 455: illam incendentem luctus, id. ib. 9, 500: clamore incendunt caelum, set on fire with, i. e. fill with, id. ib. 10, 895: regiam repentino luctu, Just. 38, 8 fin.: rabie jecur incendente feruntur Praecipites, Juv. 7, 648: quibus incendi jam frigidus, aevo Laomedontiades possit, id. 6, 325.—In pass.: nimis sermone hujus irā incendor, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 66; id. As. 2, 4, 14; cf.: incendor irā, esse ausam facere haec te injussu meo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 47: hisce ego illam dictis ita tibi incensam dabo, ut, etc., id. Phorm. 5, 7, 81: amore sum incensus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, 18: (mulier) incensa odio pristino, id. Clu. 64, 181: incendor quotidie magis non desiderio solum sed etiam incredibili fama virtutum admirabilium, id. Or. 10, 33: incensus studio, id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48: iratus iste vehementer Sthenio et incensus hospitium renuntiat, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, 89: omnes incenduntur ad studia gloriā, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 1, 19, 44: imperator incensus ad rem publicam bene gerendam, id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35: Caesar ab eo (Crasso) in me esset incensus, id. Fam. 1, 9, 9: nulla mens est tam ad comprehendendam vim oratoris parata, quae possit incendi, nisi inflammatus ipse ad eam et ardens accesseris, id. de Or. 2, 45, 190 fin.: inimicitiis incensa contentio, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 22: incensus calcaribus equus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 48, 5.—Absol.: loquarne? incendam; taceam? instigem, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 9: dumque petit petitur pariterque incendit et ardet, Ov. M. 3, 425.—

B. To enhance, raise: annonam (the price of corn), to produce a dearness or scarcity (shortly before: excandefaciebant), Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 16 (cf. incendium, II. A.).—

C. To destroy, ruin, lay waste: si istuc conare ... tuum incendes genus, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 49: campos, Stat. Th. 1, 631. — Hence, incensus, a, um, P. a., inflamed, burning, hot: profuit incensos aestus avertere ( = vehementissimos ardores febris), Verg. G. 3, 469 Forbig. ad loc.— In comp.: aether, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 201.