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afire

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a⋅fire

  [uh-fahyuhr]
Use afire in a Sentence
–adjective
1. on fire: to set a house afire.
2. aflame (def. 2).
Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see a- 1 , fire
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a·fire   (ə-fīr')   
adv.   & adj.

  1. On fire.

  2. Intensely 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

afire 
1205, afure, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + fire (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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