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verb

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

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."

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

3.

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

4.

(Med.) 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."

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.

adjective

Inflamed adj.

1.

Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

2.

(Her.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.

3.

(Med.) Having an inflammation in; of tissues; as, an inflamed appendix.

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Etymology of 'Inflamed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inflamed" Quotes from Famous Books

... "we fed on a thousand things which operated contrary to each other; that we ate when we were not hungry, and drank without the provocation of thirst; that we sat whole nights drinking strong liquors, without eating a bit, which disposed us to sloth, inflamed our bodies, and precipitated or prevented digestion; that prostitute female Yahoos acquired a certain malady, which bred rottenness in the bones of those who fell into their embraces; that this, and many other diseases, were propagated from father ...

— Gulliver's Travels - into several remote nations of the world • Jonathan Swift

... consideration accorded to the victor in the Olympic games of Greece. Until Lincoln came, Jack Armstrong was the champion wrestler of Clary's Grove and New Salem, and picturesque stories are told how the neighborhood talk, inflamed by Offutt's fulsome laudation of his clerk, made Jack Armstrong feel that his fame was in danger. Lincoln put off the encounter as long as he could, and when the wrestling match finally came off neither ...

— A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln - Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History • John G. Nicolay

... as stevedores. They then set the negroes aboard the prize, and carried her home to Panama, "some thing better satisfied of their voyage, yet withal much discontented they could not meet with the galleon." It was at Taboga, it seems, that the lady who so inflamed Sir Henry ...

— On the Spanish Main - Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. • John Masefield

... the sofa, with eyes half-closed, upturned to the ceiling; alive still, but no more. Cups and wine-glasses on the table near told of the housekeeper's fruitless experiments at restoration, and the inflamed countenance of that ministering angel herself spoke ominously of the four hours during which the sufferer's comfort had ...

— Roger Ingleton, Minor • Talbot Baines Reed

... me resign office when I may, I shall retire loaded only with debts, whilst you and your friends draw large revenues from the nation." The conversation became warm and angry, the duke and myself, with crimson cheeks and inflamed countenances, surveyed each other with haughty defiance. At length he added, "I had hoped that I should have quitted you more kindly disposed towards me." "And I, my lord, fancied that you were coming with an ardent desire ...

— "Written by Herself" • Baron Etienne Leon Lamothe-Langon

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