"to perfume with burning incense," late 14c., a shortened form of incense (v.2). Related: Censed; censing.
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incense v.2
"to offer incense, perfume with incense, fumigate (something) with incense," late 13c., encensen, incensen, from incense (n.) or from Old French encenser (11c.), or directly from Medieval Latin incensare.