Definition of Set aflame

1. Verb. Set fire to; cause to start burning. "Lightening set fire to the forest"

Exact synonyms: Set Ablaze, Set Afire, Set On Fire
Entails: Ignite, Light
Generic synonyms: Burn, Combust

Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Aflame

set-stitched
set-theoretic
set-theoretic difference
set-theoretical
set-theoretically
set-to
set-top box
set-top boxes
set-up
set-ups
set (psychology)
set a spell
set ablaze
set about
set afire
set aflame (current term)
set ahead
set apart
set ashore
set aside
set back
set chisel
set decoration
set down
set fire
set foot
set for life
set forth
set free
set gun

Literary usage of Set aflame

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historical New Testament: Being the Literature of the New Testament by James Moffatt (1901)
"And in it the skies shall pass away with hurtling noise, The elements shall be set aflame, 11 As these things are all thus to be dissolved, What must you be ..."

2. Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics by Henry Jones Ford (1919)
"... of verses with the lines: The railroad strike played merry hob, The land was set aflame; Could Grover order out the troops To block the striker's game? ..."

3. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"... heart be set aflame with love. Moreover, look you, sooner shall the waves Of that same ocean cool the thirsty sun Than thy pale humor make me moderate. ..."

4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"... fearless, owning no man his master in thought or action, lovable always, with an emotional nature generous in all its impulses, set aflame in the cause ..."

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