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Word: Inflame
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈfleɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone
Short Definition:provoke strong feelings
Examples:- high fines further inflamed public feelings
Definition:
cause inflammation in (a part of the body)
Short Definition:cause inflammation in
Examples:- the finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis
Definition:
light up with or as if with flames
Short Definition:light with flames
Examples:- the torches inflame the night to the eastward
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