Home › Words › A › accensionaccensionaccension means the act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.EtymologyFrom Latin accensiōnem, from accendere.nounThe act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.e.g.“From Small-coal ensueth the black colour and quick accension; for neither Brimstone nor Petre, although in Powder, will take fire like Small-coal […]” — 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accend 79% match — To set on fire; to kindle. vs accension →ignition 72% match — The act of igniting. vs accension →accensed 71% match — kindled, incited vs accension →incension 70% match — The act of heating or burning vs accension →accendible 70% match — Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable. vs accension →accendibility 69% match — Capacity for being kindled; inflammability. vs accension →combustion 62% match — The act or process of burning. vs accension →incendivity 62% match — The state of being incendive; the ability to cause ignition vs accension →