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verb

Inflame v. t. (past & past part. inflamed; pres. part. inflaming)

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

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." "But, O inflame and fire our hearts."

To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. "It will inflame you; it will make you mad."

(Med.) 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. (Obs.) "A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes."

Synonyms: To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse.

Inflame v. i. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

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Etymology of 'Inflaming'

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"Inflaming" Quotes from Famous Books

... cigarettes, and while inflaming the minds of the villagers with startling stories about the atrocities, of the American soldiers, Marie finally succeeded in making the trade which she had planned ...

— The Woman with a Stone Heart - A Romance of the Philippine War • Oscar William Coursey

... evident, even in time of peace, what course Demosthenes would steer in the commonwealth; for whatever was done by the Macedonian, he criticised and found fault with, and upon all occasions was stirring up the people of Athens, and inflaming them against him. Therefore, in the court of Philip, no man was so much talked of, or of so great account as he; and when he came thither, as one of the ten ambassadors who was sent into Macedonia, his speech was ...

— The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch - Being Parts of The "Lives" of Plutarch • Plutarch

... best way to remove cinders from the eye? A. A small camel's hair brush dipped in water and passed over the ball of the eye on raising the lid. The operation requires no skill, takes but a moment, and instantly removes any cinder or particle of dust or dirt without inflaming ...

— Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 • Various

... were there and heard him inflaming the mob," admitted the syndicate's lobbyist and lawyer. "I want to have Senator Corson fully informed on the point and it will come better from you than from a paid detective. Give it to Corson, and give it ...

— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day

... ceased not make little signs to her, long harangues and a hundred vows and sermons, for by reason of seeing the fine breasts of the maid, her plump hips, which at certain movements came into prominent relief, and by reason of admiring other things capable of inflaming the mind of a saint, this dear men became enamoured of her with an old man's passion, which augments in geometrical proportions as opposed to the passions of young men, because the old men love with their weakness which grows greater, and the young with their strength ...

— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac

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