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ignite - 5 dictionary results

ig⋅nite

[ig-nahyt] verb, -nit⋅ed, -nit⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to set on fire; kindle.
2. Chemistry. to heat intensely; roast.
–verb (used without object)
3. to take fire; begin to burn.

Origin:
1660–70; < L ignītus (ptp. of ignīre to set on fire, ignite), equiv. to ign(is) fire + -ītus -ite 2


ig⋅nit⋅a⋅ble, ig⋅nit⋅i⋅ble, adjective
ig⋅nit⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, ig⋅nit⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun


1. See kindle.
ig·nite   (ĭg-nīt')   
v.   ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites

v.   tr.
    1. To cause to burn.
    2. To set fire to.
  1. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat.
  2. To arouse the passions of; excite: The insults ignited my anger.
v.   intr.
  1. To begin to burn.
  2. To begin to glow.

[Late Latin ignīre, ignīt-, from Latin ignis, fire.]
ig·nit'a·ble, ig·nit'i·ble adj., ig·nit'er, ig·ni'tor n.

Ignite

Ig*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ignited; p. pr. & vb. n. Igniting.] [L. ignitus, p. p. of ignire to ignite, fr. ignis fire. See Igneous.]

1. To kindle or set on fire; as, to ignite paper or wood.

2. (Chem.) To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; -- often said of incombustible or infusible substances; as, to ignite iron or platinum.

Ignite

Ig*nite"\, v. i. To take fire; to begin to burn.
Language Translation for : ignite
Spanish: encender, prender fuego,
German: entzündbar,
Japanese: 火がつく

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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