[in-fleym] 
verb, -flamed, -flam⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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. |
