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ignite

[ig-nahyt] Example Sentences Origin

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.

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Ignite is always a great word to know.
So is asymmetric. Does it mean:
any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals
having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups

Origin:
1660–70; < Latin ignītus (past participle of ignīre to set on fire, ignite), equivalent to ign(is) fire + -ītus -ite2

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
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non·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


1. See kindle.

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  • If the poker is hot enough, the alcohol will spontaneously ignite.
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  • Remove any one of the basic components, though, and the fire will either fail to ignite or will fizzle out by itself.
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ignite (ɪɡˈnaɪt)
 
vb
1.  to catch fire or set fire to; burn or cause to burn
2.  (tr) chem to heat strongly
3.  (tr) to stimulate or provoke: the case has ignited a nationwide debate
 
[C17: from Latin ignīre to set alight, from ignis fire]
 
ig'nitable
 
adj
 
ig'nitible
 
adj
 
ignita'bility
 
n
 
igniti'bility
 
n

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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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