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AFLAME

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a⋅flame

  [uh-fleym]
Use AFLAME in a Sentence
–adjective
1. on fire; ablaze: The house was all aflame.
2. eager and excited: I was aflame with curiosity.
Origin:
1545–55; a- 1 + flame
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a·flame   (ə-flām')   
adv.   & adj.

  1. On or as if on fire.

  2. Keenly excited and interested.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

aflame 
1555, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + flame (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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