thurify

transitive verb

thu·​ri·​fy

-ed/-ing/-es

: cense

Word History

Etymology

Middle English thurifien, from Middle French thurifier, from Late Latin thurificare, from Latin thur-, thus, tur-, tus incense + -ificare -ify

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