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Inflame

//ɪnˈfleɪm// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. transitive

    "We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet."

  2. 2
    become inflamed; get sore wordnet
  3. 3
    To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat. figuratively, transitive

    "to inflame desire"

  4. 4
    cause inflammation in wordnet
  5. 5
    To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. transitive

    "It will inflame you; it will make you mad."

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  1. 6
    arouse or excite feelings and passions wordnet
  2. 7
    To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of. transitive

    "to inflame the eyes by overwork"

  3. 8
    cause to start burning wordnet
  4. 9
    To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

    "A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes."

  5. 10
    catch fire wordnet
  6. 11
    To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. intransitive

    "You meditate upon the nerves, Inflame with hate. This ancient feud Is seldom won. […]"

Etymology

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- + flame.

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