EGAVE

inflame

About 0.33 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
    to inflame the eyes by overwork
  2. verb To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
  3. verb To cause (something) to appear bright or red, as if on fire; to brighten, to redden.
  4. verb To cause (the body or a body part) to feel abnormally or unusually hot; specifically , to cause inflammation, including abnormal heat, pain, redness, swelling, etc., in (the body or a body part).
    to inflame the eyes by overwork
  5. verb To cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great passion; specifically, to cause (someone) to feel anger or rage; to anger, to enrage, to incense.
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  6. verb To cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great passion; specifically, to cause (someone) to feel anger or rage; to anger, to enrage, to incense.
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  7. verb To excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion), especially to an excessive or unnatural level.
    to inflame desire
  8. verb To cause (something intangible, such as a dispute or violence, or hunger or thirst) to become more serious or worse; to aggravate, to exacerbate.

Similar words

ignite fire up heat stir up kindle burn spark stoke fan flash

Often followed by

the their and his them it a our public

Word family

enflame enflamed enflames enflaming inflamed inflamer inflamers inflames inflaming

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