Incense vs Stacte - What's the difference?
incense | stacte |
To anger or infuriate.
(archaic) To incite, stimulate.
To offer incense to.
To perfume with, or as with, incense.
* Marston
(obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
* Chapman
One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in preparing incense; possibly an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.
:And the Lord said to Moses: Take unto thee spices, stacte , and onycha, galbanum of sweet savour, and the clearest frankincense, all shall be of equal weight. Exodus 30:34, Douay-Rheims-Challoner translation
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between incense and stacte
is that incense is a perfume used in the rites of various religions while stacte is one of the sweet spices used by the ancient jews in preparing incense; possibly an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax.As a verb incense
is to anger or infuriate.incense
English
Derived terms
* incense boat * incense cedarVerb
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
- (Chaucer)
- Incensed with wanton sweetes.
- Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.
