inflame
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin inflammare (“‘to set on fire’”) < in (“‘in, on’”) + flamma (“‘flame’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪm
[edit] Verb
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to inflame (third-person singular simple present inflames, present participle inflaming, simple past and past participle inflamed)
- To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
- (figuratively) To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
- To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
- To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
- To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
- To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
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[edit] Translations
to set on fire
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to kindle or intensify
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to exaggerate
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to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful
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[edit] External links
- inflame in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- inflame in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
inflame (infinitive: inflamar)
- first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of inflamar.
- formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of inflamar.
- third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of inflamar.
Categories: Latin derivations | English verbs | English ergative verbs | Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar | Spanish verb subjunctive forms | Spanish verb singular forms | Spanish verb first-person forms | Spanish verb present forms | Spanish verb second-person forms | Spanish verb formal forms | Spanish verb third-person forms
