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Definition of Ablaze

1. Adjective. Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. "He was aflame with desire"

2. Adjective. Lighted up by or as by fire or flame. "Houses on fire"

3. Adjective. Resembling flame in brilliance or color. "Maple trees ablaze in autumn"

4. Adjective. Lighted with red light as if with flames. "Reddened faces around the campfire"

Definition of Ablaze

1. adv. & a. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.

Definition of Ablaze

1. Adjective. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. ¹

2. Adjective. Radiant with bright light and color. ¹

3. Adjective. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. ¹

4. Adverb. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. ¹

5. Adverb. Lit up brightly and with color. ¹

6. Adverb. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ablaze

1. being on fire [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ablaze

ablatitious ablatival ablative ablative absolute ablative absolutes ablative case ablative cases ablatively ablatives ablativity

ablator ablators ablaut ablauting ablauts ablaze (current term) ablaze(p) able able-bodied able-bodied seaman

able-bodied seamen able-bodiedism able-bodiedness able-bodism able-bodyism able-minded able-mindedness able rating able seaman able seamen

Literary usage of Ablaze

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

1. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... LEAVING THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE ablaze ALL ROUND, GETS ENDED MAT 1741—JULY 1742 CHAPTER I BRITANNIC MAJESTY AS PALADIN OF THE PRAGMATIC PART FIRST of ..."

2. The Great Conspiracy by John Alexander Logan (1886)
"... SOUTH CAROLINA CALLS AN " UNCONDITIONAL SECESSION CONVENTION"—THE CALL SETS THE SOUTH ablaze—PROCLAMATIONS OF THE GOVERNORS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, ..."

3. The History of South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775-1780 by Edward McCrady (1901)
"CHAPTER IX 1776 WHILE these things were taking place on the coast, the whole western frontier of the province was again ablaze. The Indians were upon the ..."

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