† inˈcensor, -er Obs.
[a. L. incensor, agent-n. from incendĕre: see incend v. Cf. obs. F. incenseur (16th c.). The form incenser might be agent-n. from incense v.2]
One who kindles, inflames, stirs up, or incites; an instigator.
| c 1555 Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 254 The chief incenser and solicitor of the first divorce. 1576 Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 7 The humours and spirits (which be the incensors and stirrers forward of the minde). 1613 North's Plutarch Add. Lives 1215 Seneca vnderstanding..how these lewd incensers did accuse him..besought him [Nero] to hear him. a 1627 Hayward Edw. VI (1630) 55 Many priests..were incensors of the rage. |