in|flam´er

in|flame «ihn FLAYM», verb, -flamed, -flam|ing.

–v.t.

1. to make more violent; excite: »

His stirring speech inflamed the crowd.

SYNONYM(S): arouse, fire.

2. to make unnaturally hot, red, sore, or swollen: »

The smoke had inflamed the fireman's eyes.

3. to set ablaze; set on fire.

–v.i.

1. to become excited with strong feeling.

2. to become red or hot from disease or irritation.

3. to burst into flame; catch fire: »

Old wood inflam'd doth yield the bravest fire (Philip Sidney).

4. to light or redden with or as if with flame: »

The setting sun inflames the sky.

╂[< Old French enflamer, learned borrowing from Latin īnflammāre < in- + flamma flame]

–in|flam´er, noun.

–in|flam´ing|ly, adverb.