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ar⋅son

[ahr-suhn]
–noun
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.

Origin:
1670–80; < AF, OF < LL ārsiōn- (s. of ārsiō) a burning, equiv. to ārs- (L ārd(ere) to burn (cf. ardent ) + -t(us) ptp. suffix) + -iōn- -ion


ar⋅son⋅ous, adjective
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ar·son   (är'sən)   
n.  The crime of maliciously, voluntarily, and willfully setting fire to the building, buildings, or other property of another or of burning one's own property for an improper purpose, as to collect insurance.

[Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin ārsiō, ārsiōn-, from Latin ārsus, past participle of ārdēre, to burn; see as- in Indo-European roots.]
ar'son·ist n.
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arson 
1680, from Anglo-Fr. arsoun (1275), from O.Fr. arsion, from L.L. arsionem (nom. arsio) "a burning," from L. arsus pp. of ardere "to burn," from PIE base *as- "to burn, glow" (see ardent). The O.E. term was bærnet, lit. "burning;" and Coke has indictment of burning (1640). Arsonist is from 1864.
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Main Entry: ar·son
Pronunciation: 'ärs-&noun
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French arsoun, alteration of Old French arsin, literally, conflagration, from ars, past participle of ardre to burn
: the act or crime of willfully, wrongfully, and unjustifiably setting property on fire often for the purpose of committing fraud (as on an insurance company) —ar·son·ist /-ist/ noun
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