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Definition of Take fire
1. Verb. Start to burn or burst into flames. "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Specialized synonyms: Blow Out, Catch, Light Up
Related verbs: Burn, Combust
Derivative terms: Combustible, Combustive, Ignitable, Ignitible, Ignition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Fire
Literary usage of Take fire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1909)
"Phosphine itself does not take fire Spontaneously.— The spontaneous inflammability
of phosphine has been found to be due to the presence of a small quantity ..."
2. Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones: Including His Narrative of the by John Paul Jones, Janette Taylor (1830)
"By some chance two of these vessels, the least and the largest, did not take
fire; the one was a cor- * In a letter to Mr. Littlepage, written on the 20th, ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1901)
"Phosphine itself does not take fire Spontaneously. ... Does it take fire ?
Compounds of Phosphorus with Oxygen and with Hydrogen and Oxygen. ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1901)
"Phosphine itself does not take fire Spontaneously. ... Does it take fire ?
Compounds of Phosphorus with Oxygen and with Hydrogen and Oxygen. ..."
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