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inflame


inflame is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. Chapman.

[2] Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. Though more,it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. Milton. But, O inflame and fire our hearts. Dryden.

[3] To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. It will inflame you; it will make you mad. Shak.

[4] To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.

[5] To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.] A friend exaggerates a man`s virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. Addison.


Synonyms:

anger
enrage
exasperate
excite
fire
incense
irritate
kindle
provoke
arous

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