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Definition of Inflame
1. Verb. Cause inflammation in. "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
Derivative terms: Inflammation, Inflammatory
2. Verb. Catch fire. "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"
3. Verb. Cause to start burning. "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
Generic synonyms: Ignite, Light
Specialized synonyms: Rekindle
Derivative terms: Inflammation
4. Verb. Arouse or excite feelings and passions. "Wake old feelings of hatred"
Generic synonyms: Arouse, Elicit, Enkindle, Evoke, Fire, Kindle, Provoke, Raise
Specialized synonyms: Ferment
Derivative terms: Heat, Inflaming, Inflammation, Inflammatory
5. Verb. Become inflamed; get sore. "His throat inflamed"
Definition of Inflame
1. v. t. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
2. v. i. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
Definition of Inflame
1. Verb. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. ¹
3. Verb. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. ¹
4. Verb. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. ¹
5. Verb. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. ¹
6. Verb. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inflame
1. to set on fire [v -FLAMED, -FLAMING, -FLAMES]
Medical Definition of Inflame
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1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. "We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet." (Chapman)
2. To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. "Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage." (Milton) "But, O inflame and fire our hearts." (Dryden)
3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. "It will inflame you; it will make you mad." (Shak)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflame
Literary usage of Inflame
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walker's Errors in Civil Proceedings: Being the Errors in Civil Proceedings by William Slee Walker (1917)
"(a] Evidence offered to inflame the feelings of the jury cured by being stricken
from the. record. Defendant can not claim a reversal because of evidence ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(55) The tranquil lily which the empire enjoyed during the first year of his
administration,(56) served rather to inflame than to appease the public ..."
3. Mirror for magistrates: in five parts by William Baldwin, Richard Niccols, John Higgins (1815)
"... If their bold feete durst presse the sandie ground, Not doubting all their
fleete, with fire t'inflame, If from their ships to fight on shore they came. ..."
4. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"... yet to thoroughly concentrate and inflame our enemy. We have wrangled over
arming the slaves before the slaves showed any disposition to use the arms, ..."
5. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"... headed by Guy Fawkes, to keep up a horror of the ^"^np,r^" Papists; but this
was nothing to a new pageant he got up for inflame the 17th of November, ..."
6. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... now also sought inflame to evoke that more subtle element of power which the
RuS- derives from the souls of men. So large a body of die people, ..."
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