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verb (used without object)
3.
to take fire; begin to burn.
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Ignites
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Origin:
1660–70; < Latin ignītus (past participle of ignīre to set on fire, ignite), equivalent to ign(is) fire + -ītus -ite2
1660–70; < Latin ignītus (past participle of ignīre to set on fire, ignite), equivalent to ign(is) fire + -ītus -ite2
Related forms
ig·nit·a·ble, ig·nit·i·ble, adjective
ig·nit·a·bil·i·ty, ig·nit·i·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ig·nit·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·ig·nit·a·ble, adjective
non·ig·nit·i·bil·i·ty, noun
EXPANDnon·ig·nit·i·ble, adjective
re·ig·nite, verb (used with object), -nit·ed, -nit·ing.
un·ig·nit·a·ble, adjective
un·ig·nit·ed, adjective
un·ig·nit·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History
ignite
1646 (implied in ignitable), from L. ignitus, pp. of ignire "set fire." Attested earlier as an adj. (1560). Ignition is from 1612, "act of heating to the point of combustion;" meaning "means of sparking an internal combustion engine" is from 1881.
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