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in·flame

Audio Help [in-fleym] Pronunciation Key verb, -flamed, -flam·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).

2.	to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling: His harangue inflamed the rabble.

3.	to incite or rouse, as to violence: His words inflamed the angry mob to riot.

4.	(of an emotion, as rage) to cause to redden or grow heated: Uncontrollable rage inflamed his face.

5.	to cause inflammation in: Her eyes were inflamed with crying.

6.	to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a morbid or feverish heat.

7.	to set aflame, ablaze, or afire; set on fire.

8.	to redden with or as with flames: The setting sun inflames the sky.

–verb (used without object)

9.	to burst into flame; take fire.

10.	to be kindled, as passion.

11.	to become hot with passion, as the heart.

12.	to become excessively affected with inflammation.

Also, enflame.

[Origin: 1300–50; in-² + flame; r. ME enflammen < MF enflammer < L inflammāre to kindle

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—Related forms

in·flam·ed·ness

Audio Help [in-fley-mid-nis] Pronunciation Key, noun

in·flam·er, noun

in·flam·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1–3. See incite. 7. See kindle.

—Antonyms 2. cool, soothe.

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in·flame Audio Help   (ĭn-flām') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·flamed, in·flam·ing, in·flames

v.   tr.

To arouse to passionate feeling or action: crimes that inflamed the entire community.
To make more violent; intensify: "inflamed to madness an already savage nature" (Robert Graves).
1. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
2. To turn red or make glow: Great bonfires inflamed the night.
To produce inflammation in (a tissue or organ).
To set on fire; kindle.

v. intr.

To become excited or aroused.
To be affected by inflammation.
To catch fire.

[Middle English enflaumen, from Old French enflammer, from Latin īnflammāre : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + flammāre, to set on fire (from flamma, flame; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

in·flam'er n.

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