INFLAME
\ɪnflˈe͡ɪm], \ɪnflˈeɪm], \ɪ_n_f_l_ˈeɪ_m]\
Definitions of INFLAME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
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arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
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become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
By Princeton University
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cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
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arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
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become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
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Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
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To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
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To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
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To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
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To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
By Oddity Software
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To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
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Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
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To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
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To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
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To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
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To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
By Noah Webster.
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To set on fire; fire with passion; excite; provoke; irritate; put into a state of redness, swelling, and pain.
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To become inflamed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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To cause to flame: to cause to burn: to excite: to increase: to exasperate.
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To become hot, painful, or angry.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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