conflagrate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cōnflāgrāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin cōnflāgrō (“I am consumed by fire”, “I set aflame”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

conflagrate (third-person singular simple present conflagrates, present participle conflagrating, simple past and past participle conflagrated)

  1. (intransitive) To catch fire. [17th century to the present]
  2. (transitive) To set fire to something. [17th century to the present]

Related terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

cōnflagrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnflagrō
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