Meaning

(transitive) To set (something) on fire; to cause (something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To set (something) on fire; to cause (something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
2. (transitive, figurative) To intensify or kindle (a feeling, such as appetite or passion); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
3. (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
4. (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
6. (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Example Sentences

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

Along the perimeter road the police car approached, headlamps inflaming the afternoon sunlight.

to inflame desire

The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom.

more, it seems, inflamed with lust than rage

But, O inflame and fire our hearts.

It will inflame you; it will make you mad.

To VVrangle the Devil, out of the Country, vvill be truly a Nevv Experiment! Alas, vve are not Avvare of the Devil, if vve do not think, that he aims at Enflaming us one againſt another; & ſhall vve ſuffer our ſelves to be Devil-Ridden? or, by any Vnadviſableneſs, contribute unto the VVidening of our Breaches?

Word Forms

• inflames
• inflaming
• inflamed
• enflame

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